Trump says 'core strategic objectives' in Iran are near completion, without providing precise timeline
Posted on: Jan 09, 2026 22:30 IST | Posted by: Cbc
The subject | unrecorded ruff islamic republic of iran war update
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday evening that Iran has been decimated and that the hard part of the war is done, telling Americans that his "core strategic objectives" are near completion and that the war will end soon.
But while he said Iran is "really no longer a threat," he gave no precise timeline for when the conflict would end.
Earlier in the day, Trump claimed that Iran was asking for a ceasefire, a claim Iran denied making.
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Thousands of people have been killed across the Middle East since Feb. 28, when the U.S. And Israel struck Iran, triggering Iranian attacks on Israel, U.S. Bases and the Gulf states, while opening a new front in Lebanon.
The conflict has unleashed one of the largest supply shortages in global energy market history, heaping political pressure on Trump to end the conflict quickly, even as analysts said his objectives had not been met.
Trump told Americans that gas prices would remain high temporarily, but that as soon as the war ended, the Strait of Hormuz would "open naturally" and gas prices would come down rapidly.
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Trump had earlier told Reuters he would express his disgust with NATO during his speech for what he considers the alliance's lack of support for U.S. Objectives in Iran, but he did not mention the alliance in Wednesday night's address.
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