Tehran, Iran – Web Desk: Iran has apologized to neighboring countries for recent strikes on military targets while firmly rejecting calls from the United States for “unconditional surrender” amid escalating tensions across the Middle East.
In a statement on Saturday, Masoud Pezeshkian said Iran’s temporary leadership council had approved the suspension of attacks on neighboring states unless those countries launch attacks against Iran.
The Iranian president expressed regret over recent strikes targeting US military bases in nearby countries, emphasizing that Tehran had no intention of targeting regional nations.
“We apologize to neighboring countries for the recent attacks,” Pezeshkian said, adding that Iran’s actions were in response to military operations conducted by the United States and Israel.
The escalation followed a series of US and Israeli strikes on Iranian sites, which Tehran says resulted in the killing of Ali Khamenei and several civilians.
Pezeshkian stressed that Iran would not surrender to Washington or Tel Aviv, declaring that demands for Tehran to abandon its weapons would remain “unfulfilled.”
The comments came after US President Donald Trump said any agreement with Iran would require the country’s “unconditional surrender.” In a social media post, Trump said the United States and its allies would help rebuild Iran’s economy after a new leadership is selected.
Trump also told Reuters that he wanted to be involved in the selection of Iran’s future leadership, suggesting Washington intends to influence political developments in Tehran.
However, the US president dismissed the idea of deploying American ground troops in Iran, calling such a move unnecessary at this stage. “It’s a waste of time. They’ve lost everything they can lose,” he said in remarks to NBC News.
Meanwhile, hostilities intensified across the region as Israel reported heavy strikes targeting what it described as “regime infrastructure” in Tehran, marking what Israeli officials called a new phase of the conflict.
The war has also expanded into maritime zones. According to reports, a US submarine sank an Iranian naval vessel near the coast of Sri Lanka in the Indian Ocean, highlighting the growing geographic scope of the conflict.
Analysts warn that continued escalation between Iran, the United States, and Israel could trigger a broader regional crisis with serious implications for global security, energy markets, and international shipping routes.
