Trump Demands Unconditional Surrender to Iran, Ayatollahs’ Response Hits 15 Countries With Russian Aid, and World Economy Staggers

The ayatollah regime has unleashed all its anger and, despite being headless, has shown its ability to cause damage thanks to its ballistic missiles and, most especially, its lethal drones.

The silhouette of drone kamikaze Shahedwhich had already shown its effectiveness in Ukraine, has become a constant fear for all countries in the region. With a range of 1,000 to 2,500 kilometers, it can reach 180 km/h and carry an explosive charge of up to 50 kilograms.

So far, Iranian attacks have hit Israel, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Jordan, Turkey, Azerbaijan and Cyprus, as well as US, British and French military bases in the region.

There are 15 countries in total, therefore, that have received attacks from Iran.

The effectiveness of Tehran’s response is multiplied by Moscow. As revealed by the Washington Post, Russia is providing Iran with information so that it can more precisely attack US forces in the Middle East.

According to the American newspaper, which cites several intelligence sources, Russia has transmitted to Iran the location of American military assets, including warships and aircraft that are deployed in the area.

Proof of the strength of the alliance, Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with the president of Iran, Masud Pezeshkián. Beyond the content, the call shows that Moscow is not willing to let go of the hand that has supplied it with drones for the war in Ukraine.

The expansion of the conflict, and the direct participation of two historical enemies such as Russia and the United States, begins to twin on February 28, 2026 with September 1, 1939, when the German invasion of Poland unleashed World War II.

However, so far there is no evidence of Chinese assistance. Beijing, a close ally of Tehran and Moscow, with which it has formed an axis for decades, has not provided help to the ayatollahs for now.

The uncontrolled outbreak of the conflict has also meant the activation of pro-Iran militias which Tehran has cultivated during decades of cold war with its Saudi nemesis.

They are groups like Hezbollah, in Lebanon; Hashid al-Shaabi and PMF, in Iraq, the Houthis in Yemen and other smaller groups in Syria and some areas of the Gulf.

Through these militias, Iran has tried to counter the leadership of the Alawite kingdom In the region, he has tried to strengthen his leadership as the head of the Shiite world and has undermined Saudi credibility in the military field, by failing to end some of the most intense conflict centers, such as that of Yemen.

Trump demands surrender

While many of the voters MAGA They wonder at what point their leader went from promising that he would never enter a war to opening one that already has much deeper ramifications than Iraq, the US president, Donald Trumptries to find a quick way out after a week of war.

The Republican demanded this Friday the “unconditional surrender” of Iran, an unexpected escalation of his demands on Tehran. Initially, just hours after the first attack, Trump called on Persian citizens to revolt to end the ayatollahs’ regime and asked the soldiers to lay down their arms in exchange for immunity.

“There will be no deal with Iran except UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER! After that, and after the election of a GREAT AND ACCEPTABLE leader, we, along with many of our wonderful and brave allies and partners, will work tirelessly to rescue Iran from the brink of destruction,” he wrote, in his usual tone, on social networks.

As a farewell, he assured that Iran will have a great future and created a new slogan: “Let’s make Iran great again (MIGA)“.

What it has not revealed, despite the insistent questions, are the next steps that Washington will take. The main question is whether he will put “boots on the ground”, that is, troops on Iranian soil.

And speculation soared after the Army abruptly canceled an important training exercise for an elite parachute unit, the vanguard of North American troops since the Normandy landings.

The spotlight was immediately placed on the 82nd Airborne Divisionbased at Fort Bragg. This unit has a combat team of between 4,000 and 5,000 soldiers who can deploy 18 hours in advance on missions of all types.

Their specialty is seizing airfields and other critical infrastructure, reinforcing US embassies, and conducting emergency evacuations.

“We are all preparing for something, just in case,” he told the Washington Post a senior officer on condition of anonymity and opening more questions than he resolved.

The markets shake

The Strait of Hormuz, one of the key areas for trade and through which almost 20% of the oil and a fifth of the liquefied natural gas consumed in the world passes, has suffered an earthquake with its closure due to the conflict, whose aftershocks have been felt in all markets.

Prices react: European TTF gas shoots up 63% and Brent approaches $90 per barrel. Electricity, for its part, has already multiplied to 90 euros/MWh in Spain.

This situation looks likeAccording to many analysts, to which it started in 2022when the war in Ukraine skyrocketed the price of gas and opened an energy crisis in Europe.

The fear is not that the world economy will suddenly shut down, but that an energy supply problem will reopen the world for a time. risk of more inflation and less growth, as happened when Putin began his invasion of Ukraine.

Reports suggest that every $10 rise in the price of oil can add just over one point to overall inflation in Europe and subtract around 0.3 points from real GDP.

Given this situation, the recent stock market falls look more similar to an adjustment due to fear of conflict than to a long-term stock market crash.

The market has priced a serious energy scarewhich mainly hits Europe and the emerging countries most exposed to the energy bill.

Of course, if the conflict continues, the change would be much more forceful. In the event of an effective and prolonged blockade of Hormuz, or serious attacks on oil pipelines, refineries or gas terminals, the economic impact would skyrocket.

There are, therefore, many eyes turning towards the White House, where sits a man who has been increasingly erratic in his decisions and for whom a prolonged conflict would cost him losing numerous supports, even among his most radical sympathizers.

He may not lose voters if he shoots a person in the middle of Fifth Avenue, but if Trump doesn’t have a plan to get out of Iran quickly and safely, he could find himself with a major problem military, political and economic.