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Trump claims Iran ‘apologised and surrendered’ after US-Israeli attacks, issues fresh warning ‎

‎New Delhi, March 7 (UNI) ‎US President Donald Trump claimed on Saturday that Iran has apologised to its Middle Eastern neighbours and promised to stop attacking them following what he described as relentless military pressure from the United States and Israel.
‎In a strongly worded post on the social media platform Truth Social, the US President said Iran had been “beat to HELL” and forced to back down because of the sustained attacks.
“Iran, which is being beat to HELL, has apologized and surrendered to its Middle East neighbors, and promised that it will not shoot at them anymore,” Trump wrote.
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