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Trump news at a glance: president marks first week of Iran attacks with call for nation’s ‘unconditional surrender’

Iranians wave national flags and hold portraits of late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as they take part in an anti-US and anti-Israel demonstration in Tehran on 6 March 2026.
Iranian protesters in Tehran wave flags and hold pictures of the ayatollah, who was killed by US strikes. Photograph: Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA

Donald Trump said on Friday that only Iran’s “unconditional surrender” will bring an end to the offensive launched seven days ago, as the US and Israel carried out some of the heaviest bombardments so far in the conflict.

“There will be no deal with Iran except UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform, when US strategic bombers were in action over Iran and intensive Israeli strikes in Lebanon forced more than 1 million people to flee their homes.

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