Iran owes America big payments after 50 years of multiple attacks and murders on Americans and there will be no deal without that:

- Iran owes America payments for 50 years of attacks and American deaths, beginning with seizing the U.S. Embassy in 1979 and taking 66 Americans hostage for 444 days and....

- April 1983: Suicide car bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Beirut by Islamic Jihad (Hezbollah precursor/branch, Iran-backed), killing 63 (including 17 Americans).

- October 1983: Truck bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut by Iran-backed Hezbollah, killing 241 U.S. service members (220 Marines + others).

- December 1983: Attempted truck bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait City by Hezbollah operatives.

- 1980s Lebanon hostage crisis: Iran-backed Hezbollah/Islamic Jihad abducted dozens of foreigners, including ~25 U.S. citizens. Notable cases include CIA station chief William Buckley (kidnapped 1984, tortured and killed) and Marine Col. William R. Higgins (kidnapped 1988, killed 1989).

- December 1984: Hijacking of Kuwait Airways Flight 221 (diverted to Tehran); two American USAID officials

- June 1985: Hijacking of TWA Flight 847 by Hezbollah; U.S. Navy diver Robert Stethem

- April 1988: Iranian naval mines in the Persian Gulf damaged the USS Samuel B. Roberts (frigate nearly sunk; injuries but no deaths). This led to U.S. Operation Praying

- June 1996: Truck bombing of Khobar Towers (U.S. Air Force housing) in Saudi Arabia by Saudi Hezbollah (Hezbollah al-Hejaz), with Iranian support/direction per U.S. court findings, FBI assessments, and indictments. Killed 19 Americans; hundreds injured

- Iran-backed or Iran-supported groups (e.g., Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad) carried out bombings and attacks in Israel/Palestine that killed or wounded American citizens (examples in 1995–1997 include bus and market bombings).

- August 1998: Al-Qaeda bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania (224 killed, including 12 Americans). The 9/11 Commission noted Hezbollah training assistance to some al-Qaeda operatives involved.

- 2003–2011: Iranian-backed Iraqi Shia militias (supported by IRGC-Quds Force with training, funding, and weapons including explosively formed penetrators/EFPs) killed at least 603 U.S. troops in Iraq, per Pentagon assessments (roughly 1 in 6 U.S. combat deaths there).

- January 2007: Attack on a U.S. compound in Karbala, Iraq, by operatives linked to IRGC-Quds Force (disguised as U.S. forces); 5 U.S. soldiers killed.

- Other incidents included bombings and attacks by Iran-linked groups that killed Americans (e.g., in Gaza or Israel contexts).

- December 2019: Rocket attack by Kataib Hezbollah (Iran-backed) on K-1 base in Iraq; 1 American contractor killed.

- January 2020: Direct Iranian ballistic missile strikes on U.S. bases in Iraq (Ain al-Asad and others) in response to the killing of Qasem Soleimani; more than 100 U.S. troops suffered traumatic brain injuries (no immediate deaths reported).

- Various rocket/drone attacks by Iranian-backed militias in Iraq/Syria wounding U.S. personnel (e.g., 2021 Erbil and other incidents).

- Plots included efforts targeting U.S. ambassadors/officials and later foiled assassination schemes linked to IRGC assets (including against former officials and, in 2024, reported plots involving Donald Trump).

- October 7, 2023: Hamas (Iran-supported) attack in Israel killed hundreds of people and dozens of Americans (reports cite ~46–48) and took American hostages.