US President Donald Trump warned on Saturday that Iran “will be hit very hard” and vowed “total destruction, death” amid the ongoing conflict between Israel, the US and Iran, which entered eight days on Saturday.
“Iran will be hit very hard today! Under serious consideration total destruction and certain death due to Iran’s misbehavior,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Trump’s message also comes hours after Iranian President Pezeshkian apologized. POTUS claimed the Islamic Republic had apologized and surrendered to its Middle Eastern neighbors.
In a pre-recorded speech broadcast on state television on Saturday, Pezeshkian said Iran’s neighbors would not be targeted unless they launched attacks during a war with Israel and the United States.
Israel-Iran-US conflict
Iran launched retaliatory strikes after the US and Israel jointly attacked the Islamic Republic on Saturday, February 28. Blasts were reported across Abu Dhabi, Doha, Qatar and other key Middle Eastern centers – which are also home to US military bases.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei was also killed in US-Israeli airstrikes.
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Fresh military activity was reported in the UAE in Saudi Arabia on Saturday.
The United Arab Emirates said it intercepted 15 ballistic missiles and 119 drones as Iran continued its attacks. “UAE air defense systems detected 16 ballistic missiles today, Saturday, March 7, 2026, of which 15 were intercepted and destroyed, while one ballistic missile fell into the sea,” the Ministry of Defense said in a post on X.
“Air defense systems also detected 121 UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles), of which 119 were intercepted while two landed in UAE territory.”
Operations at Dubai International Airport were briefly disrupted after several explosions were heard, prompting passengers to be moved to train tunnels as a precaution.
This video footage, taken from UGC images posted on social media on March 7, 2026, shows smoke rising from Dubai International Airport. Dubai Airport, the world’s busiest for international traffic, suspended operations on March 7 before partially resuming operations after air defenses in the area were intercepted during attacks from Iran.(AFP)
Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia said it had intercepted four drones targeting the country’s huge Shaybah oil field, marking the second attempted attack in a matter of hours, the AP reported.
At the same time, Israeli warplanes continued to attack Beirut and Tehran. The death toll from the escalating conflict continued to rise Saturday, with officials reporting at least 1,230 killed in Iran, more than 200 in Lebanon and about a dozen in Israel, the AP report said.
Earlier, Gulf allies criticized the Trump administration for not informing them of the Iranian attacks. Officials of the two countries reportedly said their governments were disappointed with the United States’ handling of the early stages of the war, particularly the initial strike on Iran on February 28.
“Unconditional Surrender”
Iran’s president said earlier in the day that the US demand for “unconditional surrender” was “a dream they should take to their graves,” according to the Associated Press.
US President Donald Trump said earlier in the day that he would not negotiate with Iran without its “unconditional surrender”.
