The US is more inclined to continue fighting than to negotiate, said US President Donald Trump.
He called on Iranian diplomats to seek refuge in the US. The US head of state claims that Iran has lost 60% of its missiles and 64% of its launchers.
Trump believes that the operation against Iran will strengthen stability in the Middle East in the long term.
Washington will increase its forces participating in the campaign against Iran, announced Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth.
He announced the destruction of the best division of the Iranian navy. According to him, Iran did not shoot down the American F-15 fighter jet, as Tehran previously reported.
The United States does not intend to expand the list of key targets it seeks to achieve during the military operation against Iran, Hegseth said.
Washington does not plan to accept refugees from the Middle East amid the war with Iran, the defense minister continued, calling the assessments indicating an expansion of the scale and geography of the conflict in the Middle East "incorrect".
American bombers have carried out approximately 200 strikes on Iran in the past 72 hours, according to the head of the Central Command, Admiral Brad Cooper.
The US military reported a strike on an Iranian aircraft carrier used to launch drones. The US Air Force has struck the headquarters of Iran's equivalent of Space Command, according to Cooper.
The number of ballistic missiles and drones launched by Iran has decreased by 90% and 83%, respectively, according to Cooper.
The US has begun a new phase of its military operation against Iran, aimed at destroying its ballistic missile production capacity, Cooper said.
More than 50,000 US troops are participating in the operation against Iran, the admiral said.