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Iran has demanded compensation from the US for the destruction caused by the attacks with Israel. ending the conflict.
Tehran's envoy to the United Nations said on Tuesday that five regional countries should pay compensation, based on his accusation that their territories were used to launch attacks on Iran.
Iran has also raised the idea of compensation for damages that would come through a Strait of Hormuz protocol, which would include a tax on ships passing through this waterway.
By some estimates, Iran has suffered about $270 billion in direct and indirect damages since the start of the US-Israeli war on February 28, according to Iranian government spokeswoman Fatemeh Mohajerani.
Several of the country's international airports, including those in Tehran, Tabriz, Urmia and Khorramabad, were significantly damaged after multiple attacks hit their runways, control towers and hangars.
Despite the scale and depth of the damage, as well as the impact of the US naval blockade of Iranian ports that began on Monday, Iranian authorities have signaled that they have no intention of making major concessions in negotiations with Washington, including on nuclear enrichment.
Ebrahim Rezaei, spokesman for the hardline-dominated parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, said in a social media post that the two-week ceasefire announced last week should not be extended, arguing that it would give the US and Israel a chance to replenish their weapons stockpiles and improve positions for attack.
"They must either recognize Iran's rights, including our control over the Strait of Hormuz, or return to war," he wrote.
Iran has earmarked nearly $8 billion for military spending by 2024, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), and officials pledged to triple that budget after missile exchanges with Israel in October of that year. But the government has also faced a budget crisis for years, linked to local mismanagement and corruption, and compounded by U.S. sanctions.
US-Iran peace talks
Meanwhile, talks between the US and Iran could resume in the next two days, said US President Donald Trump.
In an interview with the New York Post, Trump initially stated that negotiations were progressing, albeit slowly.
Trump referred to Pakistani General Asim Munir, whom he has previously described as his favorite. The US president made a similar statement to other US media, where he emphasized that his deputy JD Vance was positive about the way things were currently.
" I think you have two wonderful days ahead of you ," he said, adding that he did not think it would be necessary to extend the ceasefire that ends on April 21. According to him, the war was nearing its end.
Officials from Pakistan, Iran and the Gulf also said that negotiating teams could return to Islamabad in the coming days, although a senior official in Tehran confirmed that no date has yet been set.
But despite the positive tone, more ships were prevented from sailing as part of the US blockade of Iranian ports, including a Chinese tanker. The head of US Central Command said their military had completely blocked economic trade to and from Iran, which he said feeds 90 percent of the Iranian economy.
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