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Iran to Suspend Strikes on Neighbours
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In a phone interview with CBS News, President Trump dismissed threats from Iran's top national-security official, who posted on social media that Mr. Trump must "pay the price" for the strikes on Iran.
By Maya Gebeily, Alexander Cornwell, Nandita Bose and Parisa Hafezi BEIRUT/MIAMI/TEL AVIV/DUBAI, March 8 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said he is not interested in negotiating with Iran and raised the possibility that the Iran war would only end once Tehran no longer has a functioning military or any remaining leadership in power.
Moments after Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said in an apparently prerecorded statement that Tehran would halt attacks on its Gulf neighbors under certain conditions, several reported new strikes.
President Trump warned Iran that it would be "hit very hard," after calling for the country's "unconditional surrender."
Trump joined grieving families at Dover Air Force Base for a dignified transfer as the remains of the first troops killed in the Iran war returned to the U.S.
The war in Iran has shaken global markets and caused geopolitical blowback, but Russia could benefit in the short term.
Saudi Arabia told Tehran continued attacks on the kingdom could push Riyadh to respond in kind, four sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
The skies of Iran turned orange as Iranians experienced some of the heaviest bombardment since the war began. It comes after President Trump warned Iran would be hit “hard” and Iran’s president rejected Trump’s demand for the regime’s unconditional surrender.
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