US President Donald Trump said today that he will only accept Iran’s unconditional surrender, while the United States of America (US) and Israel continue attacks across the country, which has provoked continued Iranian retaliation.

“There will be no deal with Iran short of unconditional surrender,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform, adding:

“After that, and after the election of a great and acceptable leader (or leaders), we, along with many of our wonderful and very brave allies and partners, will work tirelessly to bring Iran back from the brink of destruction, making it economically bigger, better and stronger than ever before. Iran will have a great future.”

Regional tensions have escalated since the United States and Israel launched a major attack on Iran on Saturday, killing more than 1,000 people, including Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, more than 150 schoolgirls and senior military officials, Anadolia reports.

Iran retaliated with widespread missile attacks targeting US bases, diplomatic facilities and military personnel across the region, as well as several Israeli cities. The attacks continued to escalate.

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said yesterday that Iran’s leadership had made an error of judgment if it believed Washington could not maintain the pace of operations.

“Iran is hoping that we can’t sustain this, which is really a big miscalculation for the IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) in Iran. There is no shortage of American resolve here,” Hegseth said.

He stated that the American stockpile of offensive and defensive weapons allows the campaign to continue, as he emphasized, for as long as it is necessary to ensure that the US achieves these goals.