Trump: US military operations in Iran are 'nearing completion'

Trump gives address to nation on Iran

President Donald Trump delivered a primetime address to the nation on Wednesday in the Oval Office, providing an update on the U.S. military operation in Iran, which has now surpassed the one-month mark.

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump addressed the nation on the Iran war Wednesday evening during prime time. 

The president touted his administration's accomplishments in the Middle East and said the U.S. military operations are "nearing completion." 

What they're saying:

"It's been just one month since the United States military began Operation Epic Fury, targeting the world's number one state sponsor of terror, Iran. In these past four weeks, our armed forces have delivered swift, decisive, overwhelming victories on the battlefield. Victories like few people have ever seen before. Tonight, Iran's navy is gone. Their air force is in ruins. Their leaders, most of them terrorist regimes they led, are now dead. Their command and control of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is being decimated as we speak. Their ability to launch missiles and drones is dramatically curtailed. And their weapons factories and rocket launchers are being blown to pieces. Very few of them left. Never in the history of warfare has an enemy suffered such clear and devastating large scale losses in a matter of weeks. Our enemies are losing in America, as it has been for five years under my presidency, is winning and now winning bigger than ever before," Trump said on Wednesday evening. "The hard part is done," he added. 

US President Donald Trump during a prime-time address to the nation in the Cross Hall of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, April 1, 2026. (Photographer: Alex Brandon/AP Photo/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

War in Iran

The backstory:

The United States and Israel launched an attack on Iran on Feb. 28.

Iran’s supreme leader, as well as a dozen other leaders, were killed in a matter of days following the surprise attack.

By the numbers:

Thousands of U.S. service members have been sent to the Middle East and 13 have been killed. 

Trump: Iran's leader asking for ceasefire

President Trump says Iran is now asking for a ceasefire. This comes as president Trump is set to address the nation at 9PM on operations in Iran. Here's what the president had to say on Truth Social: "Iran’s New Regime President, much less Radicalized and far more intelligent than his predecessors, has just asked the United States of America for a CEASEFIRE! We will consider when Hormuz Strait is open, free, and clear. Until then, we are blasting Iran into oblivion or, as they say, back to the Stone Ages!!! President DJT" 

Big picture view:

The toll the war has had on global markets is significant and Americans aren’t the only ones feeling the effects.

The average price of gas in the U.S. shot up to $4 this week and businesses around the world are struggling due to the disruption of shipments through the Strait of Hormuz.