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Trump says Iran war will be “over pretty quickly” as oil price hits 6 year high | BBC News

2026-03-09 News & Politics
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President Trump has said the war in Iran will be a “short term excursion” and “complete, pretty much”, while also insisting that it must end in “ultimate victory” with “the enemy totally and decisively defeated”. The US president also claimed that the war began because Iran had been preparing to attack the US “within a week”. He said: “They were ready. They had all these missiles, far more than anyone thought, and they were going to attack us. They were going to attack all of the Middle East and Israel, and if they had a nuclear weapon they would’ve used it on Israel, and this was going to be a major attack.” President Trump was speaking as oil prices surged to a recent high of more than $100 per barrel, its highest level for six years, before falling back. There have been more US and Israeli attacks on Iranian targets, while Turkey, the UAE, Kuwait and Qatar all said they had intercepted more Iranian missiles aimed at them. Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting from Dubai. Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com/news #BBCNews

Top Comments (10)

@Liz-en2ed 2026-03-09

RELEASE ALL THE EPSTEIN FILES NOW!!!! RELEASE ALL THE EPSTEIN FILES NOW!!!! RELEASE ALL THE EPSTEIN FILES NOW!!!!

540 46 replies
@m.b5777 2026-03-09

Trump made the Ayotullah 30 years younger. 😂

413 47 replies
@commaback8861 2026-03-09

One year in and it’s already nonstop chaos. Hard to imagine three more years.

348 46 replies
@fair8squaree 2026-03-09

Now let's get back to the Epstein Files.

285 17 replies
@TheGunslingerRoland 2026-03-09

He also said he'd end the Russia/Ukraine war.

142 23 replies
@markburban9573 2026-03-09

Pump & dump. playing the share market so his rich pals can benefit while the rest of us suffer with higher prices & global uncertainty.

135 4 replies
@Douglas_S26 2026-03-10

Over in 24 hours like him stopping Ukraine vs Russia war????

83 4 replies
@ElliotCoulling 2026-03-09

Billionaires, oligarchs and asset holders are sitting pretty while prices rise for the rest of us. Wealth equality needs to change ASAP!

80 9 replies
@mondoenterprises6710 2026-03-09

Tell whatever lie gets you to the next lie.

52 1 replies
@dogboy15213 2026-03-10

as oil price hits 6 year high. Wait! 7 year high. Wait! 8 year high. Wait!...

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