Trump says the only Iran deal he will accept is ‘unconditional surrender’
President Donald Trump has demanded Iran’s “unconditional surrender” to the United States.
“There will be no deal with Iran except UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER! After that, and the selection of a GREAT & ACCEPTABLE Leader(s), we, and many of our wonderful and very brave allies and partners, will work tirelessly to bring Iran back from the brink of destruction, making it economically bigger, better, and stronger than ever before,” Trump wrote on Truth Social Friday morning.
“IRAN WILL HAVE A GREAT FUTURE. ‘MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN (MIGA!).’ Thank you for your attention to this matter,’” the president added.
Trump’s demand for Iran to surrender comes six days after the United States launched Operation Epic Fury against Iran in collaboration with Israel.
The U.S. and Israel have struck hundreds of military targets in Iran since the operation began, and killed multiple top Iranian officials, including Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., called Trump’s position on Iran “the right and only approach to end this Iranian nightmare.”
The Iranian regime “has been pursuing nuclear weapons, funding terrorist proxies, building thousands of ballistic missiles with the hope of one day reaching America, and has so much American blood on its hands,” Graham wrote on X.
Since the Iranian revolution in 1979, Iran has become a major backer of radical Islamic terrorist groups, such as Hezbollah. For 47 years, Khamenei ruled Iran through an oppressive regime operating under Sharia Law.
At the end of December and into January, thousands of Iranians took to the streets to protest Iran’s failing economy and the regime’s brutality. The regime reportedly moved quickly to use lethal force against protesters, killing thousands. An official death count is unknown due to regime-imposed internet blackouts, but estimates range from 7,000 to over 30,000.
[Editor’s note: This story originally was published by The Daily Signal.]