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Trump says US-Israeli war on Iran will be over soon

"We have stopped them. They're never going to have a nuclear weapon. And we'll have that over with soon. It'll be over with soon," the US president said.

Updated 4 months ago · Published on 23 May 2026 8:28AM

Trump says US-Israeli war on Iran will be over soon
The flurry of diplomatic activity comes as reports suggest negotiators are closing gaps on an agreement to end the war. - May 22, 2026

PRESIDENT Donald Trump appeared to signpost Friday that a conclusion to the US-Israeli war against Iran is on the horizon, Anadolu Ajansı reported.

"We have stopped them. They're never going to have a nuclear weapon. And we'll have that over with soon. It'll be over with soon," the US president told his supporters in the state of New York.

"You're going to see numbers as you've never seen, both on the upside and also in terms of cost; you're going to see cars go down," he added.

Earlier on Friday, Iran's semi-official news agency reported that a Qatari delegation was negotiating with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Tehran in an effort to end the war, with Pakistani mediation, according to Bernama-Anadolu.

The report came after Pakistan’s army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, arrived in Tehran as part of Islamabad's ongoing mediation efforts to end the war.

It is the second such trip to Tehran by Munir. Pakistan's Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has been in Tehran for the past two days as part of indirect talks between the US and Iran.

The flurry of diplomatic activity comes as reports suggest negotiators are closing gaps on an agreement to end the war.

Mediation to draw hostilities to a close began when Pakistan secured a ceasefire on April 8, halting the war and later hosting the highest-level talks between the US and Iran since 1979 on April 11-12.

Islamabad has intensified its mediation process to secure a second round of direct talks between the two sides. – May 23, 2026

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