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09-03-2026
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump, in a post on social networking site Truth Social on Saturday (March 7, 2026), promised to attack Iran very hard today, saying, “Today Iran will be hit very hard! Under serious consideration for complete destruction and certain death, because of Iran’s bad behavior, are areas and groups of people that were not considered for targeting up until this moment in time.”
He called Iran the “loser of the Middle East,” and said it had surrendered to its neighbors. This follows a recorded statement by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, who earlier apologized to Iran’s Gulf neighbors.
In his post Trump said, “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. This promise was only made because of the relentless US and Israeli attack.”
“They were looking to take over and rule the Middle East. It is the first time that Iran has ever lost, in thousands of years, to surrounding Middle Eastern Countries,” he wrote. “They have said, ‘Thank you President Trump.’ I have said, ‘You’re welcome!’ Iran is no longer the ‘Bully of the Middle East’, they are, instead, ‘THE LOSER OF THE MIDDLE EAST,’ and will be for many decades until they surrender or, more likely, completely collapse!” Trump said.
MoD issues update on military operations in the Middle East
The UK’s Ministry of Defence has just issued a further update, confirming that the United States has begun to use British bases “for specific defensive operations to prevent Iran firing missiles into the region”, which it says is “putting British lives at risk” while Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has repeatedly refused to become involved in offensive operations in Iran, the MoD says RAF Typhoon and F-35 jets are continuing operations over Jordan, Qatar, and Cyprus and the wider region “in defence of British interests and allies” and, the Ministry of Defence says a Merlin helicopter is also on its way to the region, where it will be “providing additional airborne surveillance and further reinforcing our defensive capabilities”.
This follows the news that the HMS Prince of Wales, one of Britain’s two aircraft carriers, has been placed on advanced readiness to sail from Portsmouth.
UK aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales placed on advanced readiness
The media has learned that HMS Prince of Wales, one of Britain’s two aircraft carriers, has been placed on advanced readiness to sail from Portsmouth.
Defence sources say the ship’s crew has been told they must be ready to leave in five days. Before this, the ship’s so-called “notice to sail” was 14 days.
This may raise speculation that the carrier could be deployed to the Mediterranean to help defend British interests threatened during the conflict in the Middle East.
The government has been accused of not acting fast enough to protect Cyprus from enemy drones and missiles. The Type 45 destroyer, HMS Dragon, has been deployed to the region but will be ready to leave port until next week.
HMS Prince of Wales is in Portsmouth receiving routine maintenance ahead of a planned deployment to the North Atlantic and Arctic later this year.
The carrier strike group was due to take part in Operation Firecrest alongside US, Canadian and European allies to deter Russian aggression in the High North.
A defence source tells media, the Prince of Wales has had “her readiness increased to five days’ notice to sail”.
The Ministry of Defence has confirmed the change in status for the carrier.
“We have been bolstering our UK military presence in the Middle East since January, and we have already deployed capabilities to protect British people and our allies in the region, including Typhoons, F-35 jets, air defence systems and an extra 400 personnel into Cyprus. (Int’l Monitoring Desk)
