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Trump says U.S. will expand Iran targets after Tehran apologizes to neighbors
(The Washington Post) - President Donald Trump, set to honor slain U.S. service members at Dover, threatened to widen U.S. targets after Iran’s president dismissed the notion of surrender.
President Donald Trump said early Saturday that the United States would expand its targets in the war in Iran, after its president apologized to neighboring countries caught up in the spiraling Middle East conflict — but rejected the notion of surrender.
“Today Iran will be hit very hard! Under serious consideration for complete destruction and certain death, because of Iran’s bad behavior, are areas and groups of people that were not considered for targeting up until this moment in time,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social but did not give further details.
Trump referenced a televised message from Iran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, who earlier Saturday had rejected the idea of giving up the fight — after Trump’s calls for Iran’s “unconditional surrender.”
Pezeshkian said Iran had “no intention of invading other countries” but stopped short of pledging to hold fire. “There will be no more attacks on neighboring countries and no missile launches, unless attacks originate from those countries against Iran,” he said according to Iran’s state-run Press TV. Still, the country’s state media on Saturday said Iran was engaged in attacks across the Persian Gulf region, seeking to hit Israel and U.S. bases in the region.
Trump to visit Dover for dignified transfer
Later Saturday, Trump is expected to visit Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, with the first lady and Cabinet members, to honor the six U.S. service members who have been killed in the war. Trump said in a post on Truth Social that he will “pay our Highest Respect to our Great Warriors, who are returning home for the last time.”
The service members were killed Sunday when an Iranian drone attack struck a tactical operations center in Kuwait that offered little protection from overhead strikes, according to imagery, experts and officials. They are the only U.S. troops known to have died in retaliatory strikes since the operation in Iran began Saturday.
Israel, Iran continue widespread strikes
As the war entered its second week Israel launched a “broad wave” of strikes against Iran, with more than 80 Air Force jets striking Tehran and Isfahan, including Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targets and missile storage units, the Israel Defense Forces said.
Iran also said it launched “large-scale” strikes on American positions throughout the region. The United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia all reported intercepting attacks. Dubai International airport temporarily suspended operations “for the safety of passengers, airport staff, and airline crew,” it said in a statement. Iran has attacked 12 countries so far, U.S. Navy Adm. Brad Cooper, head of Central Command, which oversees operations in the Middle East, has said.
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