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US Iran War Highlights: Trump says US will ‘win’ Iran war soon, warns fresh strikes possible
Trump said ending the Iran conflict would send global oil prices sharply lower, while stressing Tehran must be denied a nuclear weapon.
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President Donald Trump points while boarding Air Force One at Chicago O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. (AP Photo)
US President Donald Trump expressed confidence in an interview with Fox News that the war with Iran will be won “very soon”, while warning that fresh strikes at the Islamic Republic ahead of America’s midterm elections are “possible”.
“I think what’s going to happen is we’re going to win this war very soon, and as soon as we win it, the oil will go down, way down to what it was before the war,” Trump said.
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Meanwhile, the standoff between Washington and Tehran deepened over the weekend, with both sides trading sharp rhetoric even as backchannel diplomacy pushed forward. Iran signaled it has no intention of backing down from its demands to reopen the vital Strait of Hormuz, while the US dismissed Tehran’s claims of a captured American underwater drone as posturing born of desperation. Meanwhile, reports of a foiled plot against a UK airbase used in strikes on Iran added a new security dimension to the crisis, even as talk of renewed negotiations kept a diplomatic path alive.
Military claims and rhetoric harden: US officials pushed back firmly on Iranian claims that they had seized an advanced American underwater vehicle in the strait, insisting the military retains full control of its drone fleet and characterizing the Iranian assertion as an act of desperation. On the Iranian side, a senior general struck a defiant tone, declaring victory in the conflict while cautioning that the Strait of Hormuz would stay shut until US economic pressure eases. President Trump, for his part, rejected an Iranian proposal to reopen the strait within a week, framing the offer as evidence that Tehran was struggling badly in the confrontation. Iran’s Foreign Minister countered that the country would not abandon its conditions despite the rejection.
Key world developments:
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- The US denies losing an underwater drone to Iran in the Strait of Hormuz, calling the claim “desperate”; Iran maintains the strait will stay closed until US pressure ends.
- Trump rejected Iran’s seven-day plan to reopen Hormuz, saying it reflects Tehran’s weakening position; Iran’s foreign minister says the country won’t drop its conditions.
- UK police investigating a possible Iran-linked plot near RAF Fairford arrested five men on terrorism and explosives charges.
- Four Iranian drone and missile specialists were reportedly killed in Yemen’s Taiz province during operations against Houthi forces.
- Oil prices rebounded more than 1% on Monday after US President Donald Trump rejected a peace deal from Iran to resolve their conflict and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
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