Donald Trump said that a “very strong strike” would be carried out against Iran on March 7. He said this in a post on the social network Truth Social.
According to him, Tehran’s actions, which he described as “bad behavior,” are forcing consideration of the option of the “complete destruction and imminent death of those areas and groups of people that had not previously been considered for strikes.”
Trump also commented on a statement by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, who apologized to neighboring states for strikes carried out against them and promised not to attack them again. In the view of the U.S. president, such a statement means that Iran has “surrendered to its Middle Eastern neighbors.”
“This promise was made only because of the relentless strikes by the United States and Israel. They wanted to seize power in the Middle East and rule it. For the first time in thousands of years, Iran has lost to the countries surrounding it in the Middle East. They said: ‘Thank you, President Trump.’ I said: ‘You’re welcome!’,” Trump wrote in the post.
He also described Iran as a “loser,” arguing that it would remain so “for many decades to come—until it surrenders or collapses entirely.”
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian delivered an address on March 7 in which he said Tehran would not carry out strikes against neighboring countries, provided that no attacks on Iran were launched from their territory. He also apologized to states in the region for the strikes carried out over the past week.