Airstrikes Hit Tehran as Iran Rejects Trump’s Demand for Unconditional Surrender
- Southerton Business Times
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Airstrikes struck Iran’s capital, Tehran, on Saturday afternoon, hours after explosions were reported across the city earlier in the day, as tensions escalated in the widening conflict involving Iran, Israel, and the United States.
The latest strikes appeared to target areas in central Tehran, including government buildings, according to reports from the Iranian capital. Residents reported hearing multiple explosions as the bombardment continued throughout the day. Tehran has faced sustained aerial attacks in recent days amid a sharp escalation in hostilities between Iran and its adversaries. Speaking earlier on Saturday, United States President Donald Trump warned that Iran would face “very hard strikes” unless it agreed to an unconditional surrender.
However, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian rejected the demand, saying Iran would not capitulate under pressure.
“That we surrender unconditionally, they should take that dream to their grave,” Pezeshkian said in remarks carried by Iranian media. “What we are committed to are international law, human frameworks and the principles they talk about. They should be committed to those principles.”
Trump also claimed Iran had effectively “surrendered to its neighbours,” referring to recent tensions across the region.
Pezeshkian, however, said Iran would not attack neighbouring countries unless they launched strikes against Iran first. The developments come after a week of escalating missile exchanges and military actions across the Middle East. Over the past several days, Iran has fired missiles toward several countries in the region, including the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Kuwait.
Many of the strikes were aimed at United States military installations located in those countries. However, reports indicated that some missiles also struck civilian infrastructure, including hotels and other facilities. Regional security analysts warn that the conflict risks drawing additional countries into a broader confrontation.
The latest strikes on Tehran mark one of the most intense bombardments of the Iranian capital in recent years and underscore the rapidly deteriorating security situation in the region. Officials in Tehran have not yet released updated casualty figures from Saturday’s attacks. Meanwhile, international observers have raised concerns that continued military escalation could further destabilise the Middle East, already strained by multiple ongoing conflicts. Diplomatic efforts to de-escalate the crisis have so far shown little progress.
Tehran airstrikes; Iran-US conflict; unconditional surrender
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