President Donald Trump declared Iran "finished" at a press availability on Friday. "You said the war was militarily won in Iran. What did you mean by that?" a reporter asked. "Oh, I think we've won," Trump responded.

President Donald Trump said he was considering “winding down” US military efforts against Iran, saying that the US was close to achieving its objectives as the conflict, which has roiled financial markets and the region,

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said attacks against Iran will “increase significantly” in the coming week. Katz spoke Saturday, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump said he was considering “winding down” military operations in the Mideast even as the United States announced it was sending more warships and Marines to the region and Iran

Netanyahu has said you cannot "do revolutions from the air," and that you "don't want to replace one ayatollah with another."

President Trump said Thursday that he is not sending troops into Iran, but he added, "if I were, I certainly wouldn't tell you," on Thursday. He also said the war is going to be over "pretty soon." CBS News' Eleanor Watson and Willie James Inman report.

Three weeks into an escalating war in the Middle East, the U.S. is sending more warships and Marines to the region, and Iran threatened Friday to expand its retaliatory attacks to include recreational and tourist sites worldwide.

Trump says US getting close to meeting goals Iranian media say Natanz enrichment facility attacked Khamenei did not appear at Eid prayers Iran may let Japanese vessels through strait, Kyodo reports Oil prices up 50% due to war,

If you’ve been following the Iran war, you will have heard about the surpassing geopolitical significance of the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway responsible for carrying a fifth of the world’s oil out of the Persian Gulf.