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Saturday, March 7, 2026
Yesterday, United States President Donald Trump demanded the “unconditional surrender” of Iran. The declaration comes as the war in Iran has officially gone on for a week. Trump has stated that once Iran chooses “acceptable” leadership, the US and its allies would make them “economically bigger, better, and stronger than ever before.”
A week ago, the United States and Israel attacked Iran, and killed various government officials, including the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei, in strikes. In retaliation for the attacks, Iran has bombed Middle Eastern countries holding US bases, such as Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman. The US and Israel have continued to strike Iran while Iran has continued to strike Israel and US military bases in Middle Eastern countries. Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, has stated that the war will likely last four to six weeks. Trump has demanded new leadership in Iran that does not involve terrorists or radical anti-Americans.
Trump has compared his attack on Iran to the US raid on Venezuela earlier this year, which led to the capture and imprisonment of US President Nicolas Maduro. Trump has notably avoided using the term “regime change” to describe his intervention in Iran, not wanting to associate it with interventions by previous presidents that he criticised, such as the War in Afghanistan and the Iraq War.
