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Trump Urges Iranian Diplomats Around the World to Request Asylum

Trump urged Iran's military and police to surrender and called on diplomats worldwide to seek asylum to help form a new government amid ongoing US military strikes.

  • During a White House event, Trump called on Iran's military and diplomats to lay down arms and urged Iranian diplomats to request asylum, saying, 'We also urge Iranian diplomats around the world to request asylum and to help us shape a new and better Iran with great potential.'
  • Defense officials said as Operation Epic Fury entered its sixth day that U.S. Central Command and Pentagon leaders dismissed munitions shortages and called the campaign sustainable.
  • The military said that U.S. B-2 bombers targeted Iranian missile sites and Iran's Space Command, sinking over 30 ships during Operation Epic Fury.
  • Following the president's remarks, the U.S. House of Representatives rejected a bid to halt the air war, voting 219 to 212, while Trump said he should help pick Iran's next supreme leader.
  • Beyond military strikes, Trump encouraged Iranian Kurdish forces, while refugees departed Iran for Turkey on March 5 and March 6 amid efforts to stabilize oil prices near the Strait of Hormuz.
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Trump urges Iranian diplomats to apply for asylum. Help us build a new Iran. US President Donald Trump has urged Iranian diplomats around the world to apply for asylum. On the 5th (local time), President Trump said at a White House event inviting the 2025 Major League Soccer MLS champion Inter Miami, "We are the world's first diplomats to apply for asylum."

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South China Morning Post broke the news in Hong Kong on Thursday, March 5, 2026.
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