After meeting Qatar PM, Trump calls Iran war ‘effectively over’ militarily

Iranian officials dismissed Trump’s latest remarks as ‘fake news’ after the US president suggested keeping ‘status quo’. United States President Donald Trump has signalled that he considers the US-Israel war on Iran “effectively” at an end, after meeting Qatar’s prime minister in Washington, DC. In a surprise briefing on Monday, Trump reiterated his position that the US had destroyed Iran’s military.

But his remarks suggested he faces pressure from allies in the Middle East to bring hostilities to a close. “Iran militarily is effectively over,” he said. “We’re just keeping it the status quo, and we’re doing that really at the behest of countries that are their neighbours.” His comments followed a closed-door meeting with US Vice President JD Vance and Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, who hailed the progress in a post on social media.

“We discussed the situation in the region and ways to progress the US-Iran talks,” the prime minister said.