No deal without unconditional surrender, Trump tells Iran hours after Tehran announced ‘mediation efforts’ – as US military prepares for ‘the big one’ 

As the war with the Islamic Republic enters its seventh day, Donald Trump said there will be no deal with Iran “unless it surrenders unconditionally.”

Trump made the remarks just hours after Iran’s president announced that unspecified countries had begun mediation efforts, one of the first signals of any diplomatic initiative to end the conflict.

Writing on Truth Social on Friday, the US President said: ‘There will be no agreement with Iran other than UNCONDITIONAL SURROUNDING!

‘After this and the election of a GREAT AND 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 bigger, better and stronger economically than ever before.’

This comes after President Masoud Pezeshkian previously said in an X post that some countries had ‘begun mediation efforts’.

“Let’s be clear: We are committed to lasting peace in the region, but we will not hesitate to defend the honor and sovereignty of our nation,” he wrote.

‘Mediation should be aimed at those who belittle the Iranian people and fuel this conflict.’

America’s stealth air fleet, including B-1s, B-2s and B-52s, is said to be on its way to Diego Garcia in the Chagos Islands and RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire.

Trump made this statement just hours after Iran’s president announced that unspecified countries had begun mediation efforts.

Central Tehran was rocked by one of the biggest explosions of the war so far on Friday

Strategic bombers, each costing up to $2 billion, can carry out the world’s most destructive missiles and carry out long-range missions without being detected.

Sources have suggested that Saturday could be D-day for another massive bombardment; Exactly one week after America and Israel first attacked Iran as part of ‘Operation Epic Rage’.

The US President this week warned Iran that a ‘major attack’ was coming, adding: ‘We haven’t even begun to hit them hard. ‘The big wave hasn’t even happened yet’.

And US defense secretary Pete Hegseth said overnight that America will now use British RAF bases to ‘significantly’ increase its attacks on Iran after the Prime Minister allowed the Americans to launch defensive strikes from UK-US bases.

“When we say more is coming, it means more fighter fleets, more capability, more defensive capability, more bombers being dropped more frequently,” Mr. Hegseth said.

After a delay in which Trump claimed Sir Keir Starmer was ‘useless’ and ‘no Winston Churchill’, Britain is now allowing the US to use British bases for ‘defensive’ strikes against missile facilities in Iran.

Experts believe some American bombers could drop the ‘Mother of All Bombs’, a 10-tonne explosive that creates 300-metre holes in the ground, destroying tunnels and bunkers while also pulling infrastructure such as bridges into the giant crater.

America’s army of Reaper drones, which carry thousands of pounds of laser-guided bombs to carry out precision strikes, will also increase sorties over Iranian cities.

Attacks from aircraft carriers and missiles from US submarines are also expected.

Last night, he warned Iranian soldiers to ‘surrender or die’ after US raids eliminated Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and most of his military leaders.

On Friday, central Tehran was rocked by one of the biggest explosions of the war so far, after Donald Trump warned Iran that a ‘big bang’ was coming.

When a huge load hit the Revolutionary Guard’s Muqaddad base, deafening explosions and numerous clouds of smoke and fireballs were created.

As bombs rain down on Iran’s capital, Tehran’s famous Azadi Tower is seen in the middle of the video.

Debris was strewn across the city centre, and some witnesses even claimed to have seen bodies thrown more than 30 meters into the air.

Iranians who filmed the bomb explosions were heard screaming at the brutality of the explosions, hours after the US President told the Iranian army to ‘surrender or die’.

Eyewitnesses stated that Israeli air strikes were particularly intense and shook houses in the area.

Others reported explosions in the area around the Iranian city of Kermanshah, which hosts several missile bases.

Explosion in the southern suburbs of Beirut following an Israeli attack following rising tensions between Hezbollah and Israel during the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, Lebanon, March 6, 2026

Smoke rises from the site of air strikes on March 6 in a central area of ​​Tehran, the capital of Iran.

Israel launched a series of airstrikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs late Thursday and into Friday.

2000 lbs. US B-2 stealth bombers armed with bombs are among the planes preparing to strike Iran, with British bases to be used for so-called ‘defensive strikes’.

Experts said that the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Burst (MOAB), seen in the picture and known as the ‘Mother of All Bombs’, could now be dropped on Iran

Meanwhile, Israel launched a series of airstrikes late Thursday and Friday in the southern suburbs of Beirut and other areas as fighting between Israel and Hezbollah intensified.

The attacks in Lebanon were the heaviest since a ceasefire in 2024 ended the last war between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah, which fired rockets at Israel in the early days of the conflict.

Tens of thousands of people fled the suburbs of Beirut and southern Lebanon following Israeli evacuation warnings.

Iran launched its most intense barrage yet with a series of bombardments against Israel and US allies in the Gulf on Thursday night, threatening to drag more countries into the Middle East conflict. There were no immediate reports of casualties.

Qatar said early Friday it had foiled a drone strike targeting Al Udeid Air Base, home to the forward headquarters of US Central Command.

Saudi Arabia intercepted and destroyed three ballistic missiles fired early Friday at Prince Sultan Air Base, which also hosts US forces south of Riyadh, a spokesman for the Saudi Ministry of Defense said.

Air raid sirens sounded in Bahrain, where the Interior Ministry said Iranian attacks targeted two hotels and a residential building. It was stated that there was no loss of life.

In Kuwait, the military said air defenses were activated in case missile and drone attacks violated its airspace.

The US military said it shot down an Iranian drone ship early Friday, and footage released by the military’s Central Command showed black-and-white images of the burning ship.

The Islamic Republic had vowed to ‘bitterly regret’ the US for torpedoing one of its warships as it sent hundreds of drones and missiles towards its Arab neighbours.

Trump had previously called on members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), army and police to lay down their weapons or face the same fate as Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

He said it was ‘too late’ for Iran to talk and told its diplomats across the globe to defect and be ‘on the right side of history’.

Speaking at the White House on Thursday, Trump said: ‘I once again call on all members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, the military and the police to lay down their weapons.

‘Now is the time to stand with the Iranian people and help take back your country. You will have a chance to take your country back after all these years. Accept immunity, we will give you immunity.

‘You will be completely safe with total immunity, or you will be faced with an absolute guarantee of death, and I don’t want to see that.’

Trump also claimed that Iran wanted to ‘make a deal’ to end the US military operation.

He said: ‘They’re calling, ‘How do we make a deal?’ they say. ‘You’re a little late,’ I said, and now we want to fight more than they do.’

Trump also said he wants to take part in choosing Iran’s next leader.

The war has killed at least 1,230 people in Iran, more than 120 in Lebanon and nearly a dozen in Israel, according to officials in those countries. Six US soldiers were killed.