Trump Says Iran Will 'Pay' For Killing US Soldiers

Trump Says Iran Will 'Pay' For Killing US Soldiers

19:21 20.7.2026

US President Donald Trump has said Iran will "pay" for killing US soldiers.

Writing on Truth Social on July 20 after three service members died over the weekend, Trump said: "Every time Iran kills an American Soldier they will pay for that killing many times over." He added that he had passed this "directive" on to US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as well as "every leader in the military."

His remarks came after two US service members were killed in Iranian missile and drone attacks on an American military base in Jordan on July 17. The US military later said on July 19 that a third servicemember had been killed following an Iranian drone attack in Iraq.

Source: https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-live-blog-trump-middle- east/33803414.html?lbis=463119

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