Trump says Iran 'will be hit very hard', military considering new targets. US President Donald Trump has shared an update on his Truth Social platform.

In apparent reference to comments made by the Iranian president earlier, Trump says that Iran "has apologized and surrendered to its Middle East neighbors, and promised that it will not shoot at them anymore."

He says that "this promise was only made because of the relentless U.S. and Israeli attack." Iran has not entirely reined in its strikes on its neighbours, with an apparant drone strike seen near Dubai International Airport. Qatar also says it has intercepted a missile.

Later in the post, Trump says that "today Iran will be hit very hard!"

"Under serious consideration for complete destruction and certain death," are "areas and groups of people that were not considered for targeting up until this moment in time."

Meanwhile, Iran's President Pezeshkian’s made an apology to neighbouring states.

He suggested that Iran's strikes had been carried out as "fire at will" by the armed forces. Iran's command structure is reported to have been decentralised in this war.

But the president, and military officials, are still making it clear that if attacks originate from US military bases in the region they will be a target.

The president's announcement of a decision he said was made by the interim Leadership Council appears to be a response to the enormous anger among Arab leaders who, in recent years, had developed a new relationship with their former arch-enemy; many had urged the US not to go to war against Iran.

A senior official in the region told me their rupture with Tehran would last for decades. The president, a relative moderate in Iran’s system, is known for trying to strike more conciliatory tones.

After the major wave of nation-wide protests in January was crushed by lethal force, he apologised for the government’s failure to resolve economic issues - but didn’t address the calls from the streets for political change.

(Source: BBC)