Donald Trump reportedly told world leaders Iran ‘is about to surrender’

Donald Trump reportedly just told G7 leaders that Iran is 'about to surrender', as the conflict in the Middle East enters its fourteenth day.

It's been almost two weeks now since the US and Israel sent missiles to Iran, killing the country's former supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Since then, counterstrikes have been deployed, other countries have been pulled into the conflict, and threats have been passed back and forth between Iran's new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, and the US president.

According to a report by Axios, Trump told G7 leaders in a virtual meeting on Wednesday (11 March) that Iran is 'about to surrender,' as per three officials from G7 countries who were allegedly briefed on the contents of the call.

However, just 24 hours later, in Khamenei's first statement to the nation, he affirmed that Iran would keep fighting and wanted 'revenge' on its enemies.

As per the publication, the officials who were briefed on the call said that the Republican leader 'boasted about the results of Operation Epic Fury' and told allies: "I got rid of a cancer that was threatening us all."

Trump allegedly said Iran was close to surrendering in a phone call with G7 world leaders (SAUL LOEB/Getty Images)

He allegedly made the bold statement that Iran was about to surrender and suggested that 'there were no officials left alive in Tehran with the power to make that decision'.

"Nobody knows who is the leader, so there is no one that can announce surrender," Trump reportedly said.

However, the report also suggests mixed messages were at play and that the US president was 'ambiguous and noncommittal' about a timeline for ending the war, as per the sources.

Reportedly, some world leaders left the morning call believing he wants to wind down the fighting, while others felt the complete opposite.

Trump allegedly said the main thing on his mind is timing, and gave no deadline but urged 'we need to finish the job' in order to avoid another war with Iran in five years.

As per Axios, two officials on the call also alleged that Trump 'mocked' UK prime minister Keir Starmer for initially refusing to let America use British bases for strikes on Iran.

He allegedly told Starmer in front of other world leaders he no longer needs his help, telling him: "You should have proposed it before the war - now it is too late."

The emergence of these alleged remarks from Trump comes just after Iran's new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, issued his first statement about the conflict, and they painted a different picture to a surrender.

Khamenei is the son of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed by a drone attack in the country's capital, Tehran, on the first day of the conflict.

He also lost his mother, wife, and a son that day.

The remarks were reportedly made before Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei's first statement to the nation (HAMED JAFARNEJAD/Getty Images)

The new Supreme Leader, who did not appear on screen but had his statement read out by a news anchor, said: "I assure everyone that we will not refrain from avenging the blood of your martyrs.

"The retaliation we have in mind is not limited only to the martyrdom of the great leader of the Revolution; rather, every member of the nation who is martyred by the enemy constitutes a separate case in the file of revenge."

He later added: "One point I must emphasize is that, in any case, we will obtain compensation from the enemy. If it refuses, we will take from its assets to the extent we deem appropriate, and if that is not possible, we will destroy its assets to the same extent."

Trump responded with his own statement on Truth Social, claiming: "We are totally destroying the terrorist regime of Iran, militarily, economically, and otherwise, yet, if you read the Failing New York Times, you would incorrectly think that we are not winning.

"Iran’s Navy is gone, their Air Force is no longer, missiles, drones, and everything else are being decimated, and their leaders have been wiped from the face of the earth.

"We have unparalleled firepower, unlimited ammunition, and plenty of time - Watch what happens to these deranged scumbags today.

"They’ve been killing innocent people all over the world for 47 years, and now I, as the 47th President of the United States of America, am killing them. What a great honor it is to do so!"

Tyla has contacted the White House for comment.

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