Trump wants "unconditional surrender," attacks on Tehran continue

The Iranian capital Tehran has experienced massive strikes amid intensifying U.S.-Israeli military operations after U.S. President Donald Trump announced he wanted "unconditional surrender” from Iran on Friday.

Trump said on Friday the United States will accept no agreement with Iran short of "unconditional surrender," one day after Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said Iran is not requesting a ceasefire and does not see any reason to negotiate with Washington.

"There will be no deal with Iran except unconditional surrender," Trump said in a post on his social media platform Truth Social.

The video footage shot on Friday local time by Sepehr Saremi, a reporter with China Global Television Network (CGTN), shows heavy smoke rising from various locations in Tehran, and the explosions can be heard from a road in the western part of the city.

The reporter described the scene as "really scary."

"Now I'm driving. I was just trying to gas up my car. And I see the explosion here just next to me. You see the plumes of smoke. Everybody is trying to escape this area because I'm near the stadium in the west of Tehran. I was just trying to gas up my car. Now you see behind me just four or six powerful explosions just happened. Now I’m just trying to go home. It's really scary here. It's really scary here," he said.

Another video footage, also shot by Saremi in a residential building on Saturday local time, shows a huge fireball rising after strikes.

The U.S.-Israel massive attacks on Iran entered the eighth day and are escalating. The U.S.-Israeli strikes on Tehran and several other Iranian cities started on Feb 28, leading to the death of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, some of his family members, top military commanders, and civilians.

Iran responded with several waves of missile and drone attacks targeting Israeli and U.S. assets across the region.

Trump wants "unconditional surrender," attacks on Tehran continue

Trump wants "unconditional surrender," attacks on Tehran continue

Trump wants "unconditional surrender," attacks on Tehran continue

Trump wants "unconditional surrender," attacks on Tehran continue

Domestic travel in China hit record highs both in 2025 and during the 2026 Spring Festival holiday, Minister of Culture and Tourism Sun Yeli said on Saturday.

The minister made the statement in briefing news media on China's travel boom in the past year and this year's Spring Festival holiday running from Feb 15 to 23, at a press conference on people's livelihood on the sidelines of the fourth annual session of the 14th National People's Congress.

"This year's Spring Festival holiday saw a surge in China's culture and tourism market. During the nine-day holiday, the country recorded 596 million domestic tourist trips, with tourism spending surpassing 800 billion yuan (about 115.93 billion U.S. dollars), both setting new records," Sun said.

The travel surge during the Spring Festival holiday season was merely a snapshot, the minister said, adding that the past year witnessed thriving momentum across the culture and tourism sectors.

"Data show that the business revenue of enterprises above the designated size (those each with an annual revenue of 20 million yuan or more) in culture and related industries hit 15 trillion yuan in 2025, up 7.4 percent year on year, while their total profits reached 1.4 trillion yuan, up 6.5 percent year on year. In terms of tourism, domestic tourist trips by Chinese residents exceeded 6.5 billion, up more than 16 percent year on year, with tourism expenditure reaching 6.3 trillion yuan, an increase of 9.5 percent -- setting new records in both the volume and spending," Sun said.

The annual session of the 14th National People's Congress, China's top legislature, opened on Thursday and is scheduled to run till March 12.

China's domestic travel hits record highs in 2025: official