New Delhi, March 7 -- US President Donald Trump on Saturday mocked Iran for ''apologising'' to Gulf countries over Tehran's attacks on them, describing it (Iran) as the ''loser of the Middle East,'' and asserted that Iran would be hit very hard until they surrender or completely collapse.

Trump said on his social media platform that Iran, which is being ''beaten to hell'', has apologised and surrendered to its Middle East neighbours, and promised that it will not shoot at them anymore. He said this promise was only made because of the relentless US and Israeli attack.

He said Iran was looking to take over and rule the Middle East. It is the first time that Iran has ever lost, in thousands of years, to surrounding Middle Eastern Countries,...