Trump says Iran war ‘will end immediately’ after US midterm elections
The president added the US is not looking to restart negotiations with Iran after the failure of previous ceasefires.
United States President Donald Trump has offered his latest prediction for concluding the war in Iran, indicating that an end date could come after the upcoming US midterm elections.
“This war will end immediately after our election,” Trump told reporters on Wednesday before boarding Air Force One for a trip to Dallas, Texas.
Trump claimed the Iranian government was stalling an end to the war in order to secure a more favourable political environment in the US.
Negotiations about Iran’s nuclear energy programme were ongoing at the time of the war’s launch, and the issue has repeatedly cropped up in ceasefire negotiations in the six months since.