Donald Trump predicts United States-Israel war against Iran ending soon

Gulf allies want Trump to prolong US bombardment of Iran, officials say

Gulf allies of the United States, led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, are urging President Donald Trump to continue prosecuting the war against Iran, arguing that Tehran has not been weakened enough by the month-long US-led bombing campaign, according to US, Gulf and Israeli officials. After private grumbling at the start of the war that they were not given adequate advance notice of the US-Israeli attack and complaining the US had ignored their warnings that the war would have...

Trump's options in Iran range from bad to worse

Reportedly frustrated that his war in Iran is dragging on longer than intended, US President Donald Trump has been conveying the message that it will be over soon. But with the Americans' ceasefire proposal leading nowhere, Washington's options now range from bad to worse. FRANCE 24's Peter O'Brien has the story.

Trump threatens to ‘obliterate’ Iran’s energy grid if ceasefire not reached ‘shortly’

Oil prices on course for record monthly rise amid risk of further escalation and mixed messaging from US Donald Trump has threatened to “obliterate” Iran’s power stations and fresh water plants if Tehran does not agree to peace terms “shortly”, even as he claimed diplomatic progress in ending the war that was instigated by the US and Israel. Tehran has remained defiant during the month-long conflict, describing US peace proposals as “excessive, unrealistic and irrational” and firing waves of missiles at Israel. Continue reading...

President Trump threatens to destroy Iran's civilian infrastructure if a deal isn't reached 'shortly'

While Trump vows Iran deal on the way, 'evidence points to another direction'

US President Donald Trump threatened on March 30 to destroy Iran's crude export hub of Kharg Island, along with its oil wells and power plants, unless Tehran quickly accepted a peace deal. He also claimed that the United States was in 'serious discussions' with 'a more reasonable regime' in Tehran. 'While Trump points in one direction, empirical evidence seems to point the other way' says FRANCE 24's Douglas Herbert.

Trump claims ‘regime change’ achieved in Iran war, predicts deal ‘soon’

Israel said on Monday it was striking military targets across Tehran, a day after US President Donald Trump insisted a deal could “soon” be reached, while not ruling out ground operations. Iran also launched fresh strikes on Israel, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia after its electrical facilities came under attack at the weekend, cutting power to parts of Tehran and surrounding areas. Trump also threatened on Monday to destroy Kharg Island, Iran’s oil wells and power plants if it does not agree soon to a...

One month into Iran war, only hard choices for Trump

The central question now, say analysts, is whether Trump is ready to wind down or ramp up what critics have called a war of choice, one that has ignited the worst global energy supply shock in history and spread far beyond the region.

Trump’s Iran gamble falters as war drags on amid concerns of long-term chaos

A month after the US and Israel launched the war with Iran, nothing seems to be going according to President Donald Trump’s plan for a conflict lasting four to six weeks. Despite the assassinations of most of the Islamic Republic’s political and military leaders, the regime shows no signs of collapse. Similarly, wave after wave of US and Israeli air strikes may have degraded Iran’s ballistic missile and drone capabilities, but they still look set to remain a potent threat to the region for the...

Trump says US-Israeli war on Iran creating a new Middle East

Donald Trump told a Saudi investment conference that the Middle East will soon be free from Iranian “nuclear blackmail.”

US expects Iran operation to end in ‘weeks, not months’, says Marco Rubio

Secretary of state speaks as Israel threatens to expand attacks on Iran while Tehran keeps firing missiles at Israel Middle East crisis – live updates Washington expects its operation against Iran to conclude in “weeks, not months”, the US secretary of state has said, despite continuing violence across the region and a threat from Israel to “escalate and expand” its attacks against the Islamic republic. “When we are done with them here in the next couple weeks, they will be weaker than they’ve been in recent history,” Marco Rubio told reporters on Friday after meeting G7 foreign ministers in France. Continue reading...