Trump hopes Iran war nearing end as Houthi-Saudi fighting escalates
Trump said talks with Tehran could still avert a wider conflict as oil prices topped $100 a barrel and Houthi attacks spread across Red Sea shipping lanes.
- On Saturday, President Donald Trump predicted the Iran war will likely end soon after November's mid-term elections, telling reporters in Ireland that energy prices would fall sharply once the conflict concludes.
- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian declared in New Delhi that Iran 'will not yield in front of bullying arrogance,' rejecting Trump's earlier assertion that Iran would have devastated the Middle East without U.S. military action.
- Houthis reportedly seized Yemen's port city of Mokha on Friday and advanced to Perim Island, threatening the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a critical shipping choke point connecting the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden.
- Saudi Arabia shut down the East-West pipeline on Friday after drone attacks from Iraq damaged facilities in Riyadh and Medina; Trump suggested Iran was 'probably' responsible for the strikes targeting the kingdom's exports.
- Global oil prices retreated on Friday but remain volatile, with Brent crude peaking at around $108 a barrel this week, while Tehran prepares to meet Gulf states in Oman to discuss the Strait of Hormuz.
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The U.S. president said last week that the war in Iran will end “right after” the mid-term elections on November 3.
Trump Says Iran War Could End ‘Pretty Soon,’ Repeats Threat of Further US Strikes
U.S. President Donald Trump said the war with Iran could end “pretty soon,” while reiterating that the United States remains prepared to launch further strikes if necessary and insisting Tehran will never obtain a nuclear weapon. Speaking in North Carolina on Wednesday, Trump said he believed the conflict was approaching its conclusion sooner than he […]
The President of the United States, Donald Trump, has said he hopes that the end of the war with Iran "was close" and has insisted that Tehran "want to reach an agreement" , amid the stalemate in Pakistan-mediated talks to end the conflict opened in February by the offensive launched by the United States and Israel against the Asian country. "I hope we are close to the end of the war", he said in statements to the press. "They want to reach an a…
With U.S. President Donald Trump stating that he hopes to be close to ending the war with Iran, attention is focused on whether diplomatic efforts to end the war with Iran will be reactivated, such as his meeting with Gulf leaders at the UN General Assembly. President Trump told reporters at the White House on the 16th, “I hope we are heading toward the end of the war.”
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