Trump says Iran ‘will pay’ killing US soldiers

Middle East Eye · July 20, 2026 War

Trump says Iran ‘will pay’ killing US soldiers US President Donald Trump said in a social media post on Monday that “every time Iran kills an American Soldier they will pay for that killing many times over”. “This directive has been passed on to Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Daniel Caine, and every Leader in the Military,” he added.