Trump predicts Iran war will end ‘very soon’
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- US President Donald Trump predicted the war with Iran will end "very soon".
- Speaking in Ireland, he suggested it could be after the US midterm elections in November.
- The statement comes amid heightened tensions across the Middle East, including in Yemen and the Strait of Hormuz.
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US President Donald Trump has stated the war with Iran could end soon, possibly after the November US midterm elections. His comments, made in Ireland, come amid a complex and tense situation in the Middle East. This includes a collapsed ceasefire between Saudi Arabia and Houthi forces in Yemen, an attack on a Saudi oil pipeline, and ongoing Israeli action in Lebanon. Talks between Iran and Gulf states are reportedly scheduled to take place in Oman to discuss the security of the Strait of Hormuz.
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US President Donald Trump, speaking in Dublin on Saturday, predicted that the war with Iran will end 'very soon,' possibly after the US midterm elections in November. He also suggested oil prices would fall sharply once the conflict concludes.
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Iran war endgame
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump has predicted that the Iran war will end “very soon”. Yet the facts on the ground belie this assumption. While speaking in Ireland on Saturday, the American leader repeated that in his calculation, the conflict would wind do
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