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US president stakes out maximalist war aims as conflict wreaks havoc across the region amid rising death toll.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\nListen to this article<\/span>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span>4 mins<\/span><\/p>\n<\/button>info<\/title><path class=\"icon-main-color\" d=\"M12 0a12 12 0 1 0 0 24 12 12 0 0 0 0-24Zm-.226 3.225a2.039 2.039 0 0 1 2.155 1.924v.193a1.998 1.998 0 0 1-2.155 2.149 2.029 2.029 0 0 1-2.146-2.15 2.039 2.039 0 0 1 1.955-2.122h.193l-.002.006Zm3.227 15.525a.75.75 0 0 1-.752.75H9.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.75h.748V12h-.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.751h3a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.752v6.75h.75a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.749L15 18.75Z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Donald Trump has stressed that any deal with Iran must result in the country\u2019s \u201cunconditional surrender\u201d, setting maximalist war objectives for the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The US president\u2019s remarks on his Truth Social platform on Friday appear to reject the prospect of a compromise amid Iranian confirmation of diplomatic mediation to end the conflict.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>\u201cThere will be no deal with Iran except UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!\u201d Trump wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian had said earlier that some countries are engaging in mediation efforts to end the war, emphasising that Iran is committed to peace in the region but prepared to defend itself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMediation should address those who underestimated the Iranian people and ignited this conflict,\u201d Pezeshkian said in a social media statement.<\/p>\n<p>The conflict has spread across the Middle East, igniting Iranian attacks across the Gulf and a war between Hezbollah and Israel, resulting in a mass displacement crisis in Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p>Iran has been launching missiles and drones at Israel and US interests and assets across the region. Iranian forces have also targeted energy and civilian infrastructure in Gulf countries, straining ties with the Arab world.<\/p>\n<p>The violence, which saw Iran largely succeed in closing down the Strait of Hormuz, has sent oil prices soaring globally.<\/p>\n<p>Iranian officials have expressed defiance since the start of the war, stressing that they are ready for a long conflict and prepared to fend off a US ground invasion should it occur.<\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in a message to Trump on Thursday that the US plan for a \u201cclean rapid military victory failed\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour Plan B will be even bigger failure,\u201d Araghchi wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Iran\u2019s top diplomat posted a photo of the coffins of a mother and child, the apparent victims of US-Israeli attacks. \u201cOur Brave and Powerful Armed Forces will avenge each and every Iranian mother, father, and child who has been targeted by hostile forces,\u201d Araghchi wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The war has killed at least 1,332 people in Iran, among them 181 children, according to UNICEF.<\/p>\n<p>The deadliest incident was a strike on a girls\u2019 primary school in the southern city of Minab on the opening day of the conflict, which Iranian authorities said killed about 180 pupils and staff.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration has pushed to project confidence and dominance over Iran, with top officials saying that the US would \u201crain missiles\u201d, \u201cdeath and destruction\u201d on the country.<\/p>\n<p>In recent days, Trump has repeatedly said that he would like to replicate the Venezuela playbook in Iran \u2013 keeping the governing system in place but installing a leader who is friendly to US interests.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Trump said he has to be \u201cinvolved\u201d in choosing the successor of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was assassinated in a US-Israeli attack on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Trump told CNN later on Thursday that the situation in Iran is going to work \u201ceasily\u201d like it did in Venezuela when Delcy Rodriguez replaced President Nicolas Maduro after he was abducted by US forces in January.<\/p>\n<p>Rodriguez, who previously served as Maduro\u2019s vice president, has allowed Washington to sell Venezuela\u2019s oil and cut off petroleum supplies to Cuba under the threat of further US strikes.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said he does not mind of the next leader of Iran is a religious figure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m saying there has to be a leader that\u2019s going be fair and just. Do a great job. Treat the United States and Israel well, and treat the other countries in the Middle East \u2014 they\u2019re all our partners,\u201d he told CNN.<\/p>\n<p>The supreme leader of Iran must be a Shia Muslim religious scholar.<\/p>\n<p>Khamenei\u2019s successor will be selected by an elected council of 88 members known as the Assembly of Experts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US president stakes out maximalist war aims as conflict wreaks havoc across the region amid rising death toll. Listen to this article\u00a0|\u00a04 mins info Donald Trump has stressed that any deal with Iran must result in the country\u2019s \u201cunconditional surrender\u201d, setting maximalist war objectives for the United States. The US president\u2019s remarks on his Truth […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13570,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-us-canada-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Listen to this article<\/span>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span>4 mins<\/span><\/p>\n<\/button>info<\/title><path class=\"icon-main-color\" d=\"M12 0a12 12 0 1 0 0 24 12 12 0 0 0 0-24Zm-.226 3.225a2.039 2.039 0 0 1 2.155 1.924v.193a1.998 1.998 0 0 1-2.155 2.149 2.029 2.029 0 0 1-2.146-2.15 2.039 2.039 0 0 1 1.955-2.122h.193l-.002.006Zm3.227 15.525a.75.75 0 0 1-.752.75H9.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.75h.748V12h-.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.751h3a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.752v6.75h.75a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.749L15 18.75Z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Donald Trump has stressed that any deal with Iran must result in the country\u2019s \u201cunconditional surrender\u201d, setting maximalist war objectives for the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The US president\u2019s remarks on his Truth Social platform on Friday appear to reject the prospect of a compromise amid Iranian confirmation of diplomatic mediation to end the conflict.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>\u201cThere will be no deal with Iran except UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!\u201d Trump wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian had said earlier that some countries are engaging in mediation efforts to end the war, emphasising that Iran is committed to peace in the region but prepared to defend itself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMediation should address those who underestimated the Iranian people and ignited this conflict,\u201d Pezeshkian said in a social media statement.<\/p>\n<p>The conflict has spread across the Middle East, igniting Iranian attacks across the Gulf and a war between Hezbollah and Israel, resulting in a mass displacement crisis in Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p>Iran has been launching missiles and drones at Israel and US interests and assets across the region. Iranian forces have also targeted energy and civilian infrastructure in Gulf countries, straining ties with the Arab world.<\/p>\n<p>The violence, which saw Iran largely succeed in closing down the Strait of Hormuz, has sent oil prices soaring globally.<\/p>\n<p>Iranian officials have expressed defiance since the start of the war, stressing that they are ready for a long conflict and prepared to fend off a US ground invasion should it occur.<\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in a message to Trump on Thursday that the US plan for a \u201cclean rapid military victory failed\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour Plan B will be even bigger failure,\u201d Araghchi wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Iran\u2019s top diplomat posted a photo of the coffins of a mother and child, the apparent victims of US-Israeli attacks. \u201cOur Brave and Powerful Armed Forces will avenge each and every Iranian mother, father, and child who has been targeted by hostile forces,\u201d Araghchi wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The war has killed at least 1,332 people in Iran, among them 181 children, according to UNICEF.<\/p>\n<p>The deadliest incident was a strike on a girls\u2019 primary school in the southern city of Minab on the opening day of the conflict, which Iranian authorities said killed about 180 pupils and staff.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration has pushed to project confidence and dominance over Iran, with top officials saying that the US would \u201crain missiles\u201d, \u201cdeath and destruction\u201d on the country.<\/p>\n<p>In recent days, Trump has repeatedly said that he would like to replicate the Venezuela playbook in Iran \u2013 keeping the governing system in place but installing a leader who is friendly to US interests.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Trump said he has to be \u201cinvolved\u201d in choosing the successor of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was assassinated in a US-Israeli attack on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Trump told CNN later on Thursday that the situation in Iran is going to work \u201ceasily\u201d like it did in Venezuela when Delcy Rodriguez replaced President Nicolas Maduro after he was abducted by US forces in January.<\/p>\n<p>Rodriguez, who previously served as Maduro\u2019s vice president, has allowed Washington to sell Venezuela\u2019s oil and cut off petroleum supplies to Cuba under the threat of further US strikes.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said he does not mind of the next leader of Iran is a religious figure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m saying there has to be a leader that\u2019s going be fair and just. Do a great job. Treat the United States and Israel well, and treat the other countries in the Middle East \u2014 they\u2019re all our partners,\u201d he told CNN.<\/p>\n<p>The supreme leader of Iran must be a Shia Muslim religious scholar.<\/p>\n<p>Khamenei\u2019s successor will be selected by an elected council of 88 members known as the Assembly of Experts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US president stakes out maximalist war aims as conflict wreaks havoc across the region amid rising death toll. Listen to this article\u00a0|\u00a04 mins info Donald Trump has stressed that any deal with Iran must result in the country\u2019s \u201cunconditional surrender\u201d, setting maximalist war objectives for the United States. 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<\/button>info<\/title><path class=\"icon-main-color\" d=\"M12 0a12 12 0 1 0 0 24 12 12 0 0 0 0-24Zm-.226 3.225a2.039 2.039 0 0 1 2.155 1.924v.193a1.998 1.998 0 0 1-2.155 2.149 2.029 2.029 0 0 1-2.146-2.15 2.039 2.039 0 0 1 1.955-2.122h.193l-.002.006Zm3.227 15.525a.75.75 0 0 1-.752.75H9.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.75h.748V12h-.75a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75v-1.5a.75.75 0 0 1 .752-.751h3a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.752v6.75h.75a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.749L15 18.75Z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Donald Trump has stressed that any deal with Iran must result in the country\u2019s \u201cunconditional surrender\u201d, setting maximalist war objectives for the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The US president\u2019s remarks on his Truth Social platform on Friday appear to reject the prospect of a compromise amid Iranian confirmation of diplomatic mediation to end the conflict.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>\u201cThere will be no deal with Iran except UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!\u201d Trump wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian had said earlier that some countries are engaging in mediation efforts to end the war, emphasising that Iran is committed to peace in the region but prepared to defend itself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMediation should address those who underestimated the Iranian people and ignited this conflict,\u201d Pezeshkian said in a social media statement.<\/p>\n<p>The conflict has spread across the Middle East, igniting Iranian attacks across the Gulf and a war between Hezbollah and Israel, resulting in a mass displacement crisis in Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p>Iran has been launching missiles and drones at Israel and US interests and assets across the region. Iranian forces have also targeted energy and civilian infrastructure in Gulf countries, straining ties with the Arab world.<\/p>\n<p>The violence, which saw Iran largely succeed in closing down the Strait of Hormuz, has sent oil prices soaring globally.<\/p>\n<p>Iranian officials have expressed defiance since the start of the war, stressing that they are ready for a long conflict and prepared to fend off a US ground invasion should it occur.<\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in a message to Trump on Thursday that the US plan for a \u201cclean rapid military victory failed\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour Plan B will be even bigger failure,\u201d Araghchi wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Iran\u2019s top diplomat posted a photo of the coffins of a mother and child, the apparent victims of US-Israeli attacks. \u201cOur Brave and Powerful Armed Forces will avenge each and every Iranian mother, father, and child who has been targeted by hostile forces,\u201d Araghchi wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The war has killed at least 1,332 people in Iran, among them 181 children, according to UNICEF.<\/p>\n<p>The deadliest incident was a strike on a girls\u2019 primary school in the southern city of Minab on the opening day of the conflict, which Iranian authorities said killed about 180 pupils and staff.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration has pushed to project confidence and dominance over Iran, with top officials saying that the US would \u201crain missiles\u201d, \u201cdeath and destruction\u201d on the country.<\/p>\n<p>In recent days, Trump has repeatedly said that he would like to replicate the Venezuela playbook in Iran \u2013 keeping the governing system in place but installing a leader who is friendly to US interests.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Trump said he has to be \u201cinvolved\u201d in choosing the successor of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was assassinated in a US-Israeli attack on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Trump told CNN later on Thursday that the situation in Iran is going to work \u201ceasily\u201d like it did in Venezuela when Delcy Rodriguez replaced President Nicolas Maduro after he was abducted by US forces in January.<\/p>\n<p>Rodriguez, who previously served as Maduro\u2019s vice president, has allowed Washington to sell Venezuela\u2019s oil and cut off petroleum supplies to Cuba under the threat of further US strikes.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said he does not mind of the next leader of Iran is a religious figure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m saying there has to be a leader that\u2019s going be fair and just. Do a great job. Treat the United States and Israel well, and treat the other countries in the Middle East \u2014 they\u2019re all our partners,\u201d he told CNN.<\/p>\n<p>The supreme leader of Iran must be a Shia Muslim religious scholar.<\/p>\n<p>Khamenei\u2019s successor will be selected by an elected council of 88 members known as the Assembly of Experts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US president stakes out maximalist war aims as conflict wreaks havoc across the region amid rising death toll. Listen to this article\u00a0|\u00a04 mins info Donald Trump has stressed that any deal with Iran must result in the country\u2019s \u201cunconditional surrender\u201d, setting maximalist war objectives for the United States. 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