Trump Says There Will Be No Deal with Iran Except 'Unconditional Surrender'

US strikes continue as Iran war enters its second week

Nine days into the war with Iran, U.S. forces alongside the Israeli military continue to bomb targets around Iran and throughout the Middle East as the conflict shows no signs of ending. U.S. forces have hit more than 3,000 Iranian targets as part of Operation Epic Fury, U.S. Central Command said, with fighter jets, bombers and missiles fired from destroyers. This weekend, President Donald Trump posted to social media saying that the U.S. milita…

Trump vows the war ends only with Iran’s surrender, and officials warn that could mean a longer conflict

President Trump said Friday he would settle for nothing less than Iran’s “unconditional surrender,” a demand that marks a significant expansion of his administration’s stated goals in the conflict. As reported by The New York Times, the shift could point to a longer war if the administration continues to frame surrender as the only acceptable outcome. Six days into the joint Israeli and American bombing campaign, Iran has shown no public sign of…

Iran apologizes to Gulf but war still rages across region

Iran's President made an unusual apology to neighbouring states for its 'actions' on Saturday, apparently seeking to calm regional anger at Iranian strikes on Gulf civilian targets, as the Middle East war entered a second week with Israel and Iran trading blows.

Iran apologizes for strikes on neighbors as missiles, drones pound cities

President Masoud Pezeshkian delivered the message exactly one week into a conflict that has spread across the region.

Trump Slams ‘Beat To Hell’ Iran, Warns Regime The Real Pain Begins Now - Real News Now

President Donald Trump blasted Iran in a fiery Truth Social post Saturday as fighting in the Middle East continues, declaring that the regime has been “beat to hell” and forced to back down after sustained military pressure from the United States and Israel. Trump said Iran has already begun apologizing to neighboring countries and promised it would stop launching missiles at other nations in the region following the recent wave of strikes. “Ira…

How decapitation could lead to 'dismembering' of the Iranian state

When it comes to the U.S.-Israel war on Iran, there is no more misleading term than “decapitation.” I am not making the obvious point that killing Iranian leaders will not topple the regime. The more crucial point is that by design or default, decapitation could lead to the dismembering of the Iranian state. The reason for this is simple: over the last few decades, the Iranian state was tied to the security sector, political institutions, the st…