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President Donald Trump on Saturday blasted Iran in a fiery Truth Social post<\/a> as fighting in the region continues, claiming the regime has apologized to its neighbors and pledged to stop launching missiles at other Middle Eastern countries following sustained U.S. and Israeli military pressure.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIran, 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,\u201d Trump wrote. \u201cIran is no longer the \u2018Bully of the Middle East,\u2019 they are, instead, \u2018THE LOSER OF THE MIDDLE EAST.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Trump argued the promise was only made because of what he described as relentless joint pressure from the United States and Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n Over 40% of Iran\u2019s drones and missiles have been launched at UAE over the past week. pic.twitter.com\/b7dXMDrWWK<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Lucas Tomlinson (@LucasFoxNews) March 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The comments come as new data on Iran\u2019s missile campaign reveals a broader regional targeting pattern than initially understood. According to updated tracking figures, more than 40 percent of Iranian missile launches during the current conflict have been directed at the United Arab Emirates, totaling more than 1,200 missiles, making it the most heavily targeted country in the region.<\/span><\/p>\n By comparison, roughly 20 percent of Iran\u2019s missiles have been fired toward Israel. The remaining launches have been spread across several neighboring Middle Eastern countries, highlighting the wider regional scope of the conflict. <\/span>The distribution challenges early assumptions that Israel was the primary target of Iran\u2019s missile campaign.<\/span><\/p>\n Instead, the data suggest Tehran has directed a significant portion of its attacks toward Gulf states and other regional actors amid the widening war.<\/span><\/p>\n President Masoud Pezeshkian<\/span><\/span>, one member of the three-man leadership council overseeing the country after the death of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei<\/span><\/span>, released a video message apologizing to neighboring countries struck by Iranian missiles, according to the Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI should apologize to the neighboring countries that were attacked by Iran, on my own behalf,\u201d Pezeshkian said. \u201cFrom now on, they should not attack neighboring countries or fire missiles at them, unless we are attacked by those countries. I think we should solve this through diplomacy.\u201d<\/p>\n Despite this, Trump\u2019s post also warned that further military action against Iran could be imminent. In the same post, he wrote that Iran \u201cwill be hit very hard today,\u201d suggesting the United States and its allies are considering expanding their list of targets inside the country.<\/span><\/p>\n Trump added that \u201careas and groups of people\u201d previously not under consideration are now being evaluated for strikes because of what he described as Iran\u2019s \u201cbad behavior,\u201d though he did not specify which targets could be affected. The comments come as U.S. and Israeli forces continue operations against Iranian military infrastructure and regional proxy networks as the conflict enters its second week.<\/span><\/p>\n Trump\u2019s post also claimed officials around the Middle East had privately expressed gratitude toward him, writing that leaders had said \u201cThank you President Trump,\u201d to which he responded, \u201cYou\u2019re welcome.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The president further asserted that Iran\u2019s regional ambitions had been decisively checked, saying the regime had sought to \u201ctake over and rule the Middle East,\u201d but had now suffered a historic defeat. \u201cIt is the first time that Iran has ever lost, in thousands of years, to surrounding Middle Eastern countries,\u201d Trump wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n The escalating rhetoric comes as tensions across the region remain high and military operations continue; the conflict could expand further depending on Iran\u2019s next moves in response to the president\u2019s comments and the coming strikes on Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n