Trump says Iran war 'very complete, pretty much' and ahead of schedule

Trump has suggested the war against Iran could be over soon, telling the BBC’s US media partner CBS News: “I think the war is very complete, pretty much."

He says the US is “very far ahead of schedule", adding Iran has “no navy, no communications, they've got no air force,” and claims their missiles are “down to a scatter”.

•  Iran’s parliament speaker has vowed a “harsh response” to US strikes on Iranian civilians as escalation continues to flare up across the Middle East.

“The killing of people and attacks on residential areas will have uncontrollable consequences, and we will also respond harshly and without any considerations,” Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said on X.

•  US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham  urged Israel to choose its targets in Iran with caution, so that the country’s oil industry was not affected.

  The conversation between the presidents of Russia and the United States, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, was centered around Iran and the Ukrainian peace process, Russian Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov told reporters.

•  Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump have discussed the Iran war and Ukraine conflict during a “frank and constructive” telephone call, according to the Kremlin.

“The accent was placed on the situation surrounding the conflict with Iran and the bilateral negotiations underway with the representatives of the United States on settling the Ukrainian question,” Putin’s diplomatic advisor Yuri Ushakov was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies.

Ushakov said Putin “expressed several thoughts aimed at a quick political and diplomatic end to the Iranian conflict, including contacts that have taken place with leaders of Gulf states, the president of Iran and leaders of other countries”.

He also said the two presidents discussed the situation ‌in ‌Venezuela in the context of global oil markets.