Iran Has Already Begun to Collapse; Trump Mocks Xi Jinping and It Goes Viral Across the Internet

General Dan Caine and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth listen as President Donald J. Trump oversees Operation Epic Fury at Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, FL, March 1, 2026. (White House photo by Daniel Torok)

[People News] On March 10, the U.S. military launched its largest airstrike so far. Iran was crippled, and its top leadership has already begun fleeing in all directions. The younger Khamenei did not appear in public, yet dragged Xinhua News Agency down with him, while Trump mocked Xi Jinping, and the clip spread wildly across the internet.

According to Sound of Hope, on March 10, U.S. Secretary of Defense Hegseth said at a press conference that the United States planned to use the largest number of fighter jets so far that day to launch the fiercest airstrikes against Iran.

Hegseth said that the U.S.-Israeli military operation has already greatly weakened the military capability of the Iranian regime. He said that in the past 24 hours, the number of missiles launched by Iran toward Israel and neighboring countries had fallen to the lowest level of its launch capability on record, that 90% of the missiles had been taken out, that 5,000 targets had been hit, and that Iran’s military power had been systematically destroyed.

He said that Iran has already begun to collapse, causing the remaining Iranian top officials to flee in desperation in all directions. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has been hiding in hospitals and schools to launch missiles, deliberately attacking innocent civilians, because they know that their military is being systematically weakened and destroyed.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Caine also revealed at the press conference that in addition to the United States continuing to weaken Iran’s navy, the other two U.S. targets are the destruction of Iran’s missile and drone launch facilities. The U.S. military is concentrating its firepower on striking military industrial production capacity.

Caine said that the United States is considering multiple options for escorting ships through the Strait of Hormuz. And today, U.S. intelligence agencies discovered that Iran is using small boats to deploy approximately 2,000 to 6,000 Chinese- and Russian-made naval mines in the shipping lanes of the Strait of Hormuz.

Trump also posted that if Iran lays any mines in the Strait of Hormuz, they should be cleared immediately; otherwise, Iran will face unprecedented military consequences. The U.S. military will destroy any Iranian vessel that attempts to lay mines in Hormuz.

Trump said that in the past several hours, the U.S. military has already hit and completely destroyed 10 minelaying vessels, and that more strikes will follow.

This afternoon, White House Press Secretary Leavitt explained what the standard for Iran’s “unconditional surrender” means. He said that when the president says Iran is in a state of unconditional surrender, this does not mean that the Iranian regime will voluntarily announce surrender, but rather that Iran will no longer have the support of a ballistic missile arsenal.

Whether Iran has unconditionally surrendered will ultimately be determined personally by the president.

He also mentioned that the president does not rule out any options in the Iran war, including deploying U.S. troops in Iran. According to CNN sources, if the remaining stockpiles of Iran’s highly enriched uranium are to be seized, a large-scale U.S. ground operation may be required, because those stockpiles are believed to be deep underground.

However, outside observers believe that in addition to Holder paramilitary forces entering Iran, Israeli troops will also be involved. In addition, Pakistan’s army is reportedly moving troops and equipment toward the Iranian border.

Today, March 10, Israel announced that it has begun a new round of fierce airstrikes on targets in Tehran. Loud explosions were heard in multiple parts of Tehran.

The Israeli military targeted the core command structure of the Revolutionary Guard and successfully destroyed the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Air Force headquarters, ammunition storage facilities, air defense systems, Revolutionary Guard ground-force bases, and Basij militia strongholds, and also struck an underground weapons development base in Tehran.

The Israeli military also attacked infrastructure inside the headquarters of the Quds Force.

Badfar, commander of the Basij, the internal security force of the Iranian regime, was killed. As for whether the younger Khamenei has in fact already been killed, there is much information circulating.

Some reports say that when Iran officially announced Supreme Leader Mojtaba, he was already dead at the time of his appointment. On the 9th, Iran’s news agency reported that he had been seriously injured in the attack but would make a speech.

However, at his inauguration ceremony, all that could be seen on the scene was a large framed photograph of him “sitting” on the “dragon throne.”

The younger Khamenei also created trouble for Xinhua News Agency, because Xinhua immediately reported that Mojtaba would make a speech, yet he still did not appear after a long delay. The situation was exactly the same as when Khamenei was killed.

The latest information says that the younger Khamenei is hospitalized at Sina Hospital, with severe abdominal and leg injuries, and is currently on a ventilator.

Meanwhile, Iran has secretly appointed senior religious figure Alamolhoda as the real supreme leader. In order to protect him, they publicly claimed that the younger Khamenei was the supreme leader.

In addition, at today’s briefing, Hegseth also issued a stern warning to Russia. He demanded that Russia must not intervene in the U.S.-Iran conflict, but should remain a bystander instead.

It is worth noting that yesterday President Trump and Putin spoke on the phone for an hour. This was also the first direct communication between the U.S. and Russian leaders since conflict broke out in the Middle East.

Trump said it was a very good call. Putin is willing to offer help in the Middle East. It is said that Putin offered many suggestions, but Trump also hinted to Putin that the greatest help would be for him to end the war in Ukraine first.

Today, reports said that a Chinese Communist Party envoy had arrived in Iran. According to public information, the Chinese Communist Party wants to push for a ceasefire.

However, outside observers believe that the Chinese Communist Party envoy went for two purposes: first, to convey to the remaining rulers in Iran that the Chinese Communist Party will secretly support them and ask them to continue resisting and tying down the United States, with the goal of increasing the Chinese Communist Party’s bargaining chips at the Trump-Xi meeting at the end of the month; second, to understand the real situation and report back to Beijing, in order to decide on a new form of support for the Iranian regime, or to gauge the situation and abandon Iran, still with the aim of stabilizing the Trump-Xi meeting at the end of the month.

Yesterday, when Trump spoke about the Strait of Hormuz, he said that the U.S. bombing of Iran was actually for Xi Jinping’s benefit, because China also needs to pass through the Strait of Hormuz. “I have a very good relationship with Xi Jinping.”

Trump also hinted that when he was speaking with Xi Jinping by phone, the Chinese Communist Party’s female interpreter stammered “uh, uh” and did not dare translate what he said to Xi Jinping, reducing Trump’s long and elegant remarks to something very short.

This scene amused everyone. Because China also has a comic dialogue routine about interpreters. Netizens said that it turns out Trump also listens to comic dialogue, and is using a comic routine to mock Xi Jinping.

On March 8, when Wang Yi spoke about U.S.-China relations at the Chinese Communist Party National People’s Congress press conference, he publicly admitted that America’s fists are hard. He said: “Having hard fists does not mean you have the hard truth. Resorting to force at every turn does not prove one’s strength.”

Wang Yi said that China’s attitude is positive and open, and his tone was obviously much softer.
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