Is the Iran war ending soon? What Trump has said
Is the Iran war ending soon? What Trump has said
Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAYTue, March 10, 2026 at 5:30 PM UTC
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Is the Iran war ending soon? What Trump has said
President Donald Trump said the war in Iran will continue and "we have not won enough."
The U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28 and have continued to do so for more than a week now. In the meantime, Iran has launched counterstrikes on neighboring countries. Trump and his administration have given several reasons as to why the U.S. engaged in this conflict, though even some lawmakers have questioned their purpose.
Within the first days of the strikes, the U.S. announced that longtime Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had been killed along with other top officials. The war has also killed more than 1,500 people throughout the Middle East and seven U.S. soldiers.
Americans at home are feeling the effects of the war as gas prices have risen more than 40 cents per gallon in the last week, according to AAA.
How much longer will it last? Here is what we know:
Updates Hegseth says Tuesday is 'most intense day of strikes' inside Iran
1 / 0Trump receives remains of six Americans killed in Iran war. See photosU.S. President Donald Trump, U.S. first lady Melania Trump, U.S. Vice President JD Vance, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, and U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff take part in a dignified transfer of the remains of six U.S. Army service members of the 103rd Sustainment Command, who were killed in Kuwait, Major Jeffrey O'Brien, Capitain Cody Khork, Chief Warrant Officer 3 Robert Marzan, Sergeant 1st Class Nicole Amor, Sergeant 1st Class Noah Tietjens and Sergeant Declan Coady, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware, U.S., March 7, 2026.How much longer will the war in Iran last?
Pentagon Chief Pete Hegseth said on March 10 that the war will not be "endless" or "protracted."
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"Ultimately, the president gets to determine the end state of those objectives," he said. "It's not for me to posit whether it's the beginning, middle or the end."
Trump gave a news conference on March 9, saying the war would be over "soon," but not within a week.
“We've already won in many ways, but we haven't won enough," Trump said earlier that afternoon at the Republican Members Issues Conference.
Trump has previously said the original campaign was projected to last four to five weeks. He also told The Times of Israel the end of the war would be a mutual decision with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
"I think it’s mutual ... a little bit. We’ve been talking. I’ll make a decision at the right time, but everything’s going to be taken into account," Trump said.
Contributing: Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY
Kinsey Crowley is the Trump Connect reporter for the USA TODAY Network. Reach her at [email protected]. Follow her on X (Twitter), Bluesky and TikTok.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: When will the war in Iran end? Trump says ‘soon,’ but more than a week
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