Iran-US war latest: Trump again declares ‘we’ve already won’ as he pressures Tehran to make a deal

Liveupdated{"lang":"en","timestamp":1777605992}NewsWorldMiddle EastIran-US war latest: Trump ‘briefed on final blow’ strike options as he pushes Tehran to make dealPresident Donald Trump said even though the US has ‘already won’, he wants to win by a ‘bigger margin’Maroosha Muzaffar Friday 01 May 2026 04:26 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2968572","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iran-us-war-live-trump-blockade-strait-hormuz-b2968572.html","title":"Iran-US war latest: Trump ‘briefed on final blow’ strike options"}}CloseTrump says US has ‘already won’ the war in Iran but he wants to win by a ‘bigger margin’On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly international news dispatchEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_On_The_Ground_Newsletter","regTitle":"On The Ground","subscriptionGroup":"on_the_ground","subscriptionGroupId":"14806361-6435-4d19-b06e-05326605fb01","pathPrefix":["/news/world/europe","/news/world/middle-east","/news/world/australasia","/news/world/africa","/asia"],"associatedAuthors":["Bel Trew","Sam Kiley"],"title":"On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents","mobileTitle":"Get a weekly international news dispatch","lengthenedMobileTitle":"Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/onTheGround1_1.png","newsletterKey":"receiveOnTheGround","regSourceSection":"Middle East","re...