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President Donald Trump called upon the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, military and police to "lay down their arms" against the U.S. and Israel as the conflict in Iran surges on -- telling these military forces to "take back your country" from the regime.

The president offered these officers immunity, saying they’d face "absolutely guaranteed death" if they declined.

“And I'm once again calling on all members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, the military and the police to lay down their arms. They're only going to be killed. And now is the time to stand up for the Iranian people and help take back your country," Trump said during an event on Thursday at the White House.

"You're going to have a chance, after all these years, to take back your country. Accept immunity, we'll give you immunity," he continued.

"So you'll be perfectly safe with total immunity, or you'll face absolutely guaranteed death. And I don't want to see that. They don't want to see it either," he added.

-ABC News' Isabella Murray

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pushed back on the notion that the war is expanding in the Middle East due to Iran's attacks on U.S. bases in the Gulf or that there's "chaos."

"Nothing could be further from the truth," he said during Thursday's briefing. "If anything, what Iran is doing by targeting allied countries that would otherwise want to stay out of this, they've actually pulled them into the American orbit."

Hegseth argued it's "actually firming up the unity of the resistance."

"Now you've got UAE and Qatar and Bahrain and Saudi and Kuwait and others saying, 'Hey, we're with you here. We'll shoot with you. We'll fly with you,'" he said.

Iranian missile attacks have decreased 90% since the first day of the war, according to CENTCOM Commander Adm. Brad Cooper.

Iranian drone attacks have also fallen 83%, he said. A drone attack is what killed six American troops in Kuwait over the weekend.

"In just the last hour, U.S. B2 bombers dropped dozens of 2000-pound penetrator bombs targeting deeply buried ballistic missile launchers," Cooper said. "Notably, we've also struck Iran's equivalent of Space Command, which degrades their ability to threaten Americans."

-ABC News' Steve Banyon

CENTCOM commander Adm. Brad Cooper said over 30 Iranian ships have been destroyed since the U.S. began its strikes.

"You may have heard the president say just a little while ago that we have sunk or destroyed 24 ships. That was true at the moment. We're now up over 30 ships," Cooper said during a briefing Thursday.

He also said the U.S. hit an Iranian drone carrier a few hours ago.

"As we speak, it's on fire," he said.