Trump predicts Iran war will end soon as Qatar pushes for a deal

Trump predicts the war with Iran is “going to end soon,” without offering any details, as Qatari mediators return to Tehran to push for a deal.

The Iranian navy said Friday that an enemy drone was "struck and destroyed" east of the Strait of Hormuz. In a statement, the navy also said two oil tankers "were damaged and caught fire after striking naval mines," accusing the vessels of ignoring warnings and navigating in prohibited and unsafe waters with their tracking systems switched off. It was not immediately clear if the two vessels referred to by the Iranian navy were the same tankers that Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps reported earlier Friday to have hit mines in the strait. President ⁠Donald Trump said Friday that the war with Iran is "going to get wrapped up soon." Speaking to Kansas ‌City radio station KCMO ahead of the Nov.

3 midterm elections, the president said "it's going to get wrapped ⁠up soon," without specifying how. "We need a guarantee there'll never be a nuclear weapon," he added. The commander of the U.S. military's Central Command, Adm. Brad Cooper, reiterated his longstanding assertions on Friday that Iran's navy is "at the bottom of the sea" and that southern commercial shipping lanes through the Strait of Hormuz are clear of Iranian mines and safe to navigate. In a video posted on social media, Cooper said the U.S. had helped Gulf partners export more than 1.5 billion barrels of crude oil since the