Official says Iran will force US to 'retreat and surrender' Mohsen Rezaei, a member of Iran’s Expediency Council, issued a response after US President Donald Trump said he had delayed a planned military strike on Iran. In a post on X, Rezaei appeared to mock Trump for setting “a deadline for a military strike” before postponing it. “With this vain hope of making the Iranian nation and officials surrender!” Rezaei wrote.