06:29 AM EDT, 03/13/2026 (MT Newswires) -- President Donald Trump told G7 leaders in an online briefing Wednesday that Iran is "about to surrender," Axios reported Friday, citing three officials briefed on the call.

He boasted, "I got rid of a cancer that was threatening us all," adding, "Nobody knows who is the leader, so there is no one that can announce surrender."

Iran's new Supreme Leader Mujataba Khamenei, on Thursday issued a public statement promising to continue the war.

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