Trump tells Fox Business the Iran war is ‘very close to being over’ amid reports peace talks are expected to resume

NewsWorldAmericasUS politicsTrump tells Fox Business the Iran war is ‘very close to being over’ amid reports peace talks are expected to resumeThe president has said the war is nearly over for the last two weeks, even though marathon weekend negotiations to end the conflict were unsuccessful Josh Marcus in San Francisco Wednesday 15 April 2026 05:03 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":"b2957810","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-iran-war-ceasefire-negotiations-blockade-b2957810.html","title":"Trump says Iran war is ‘very close’ to end amid reports peace talks will resume"}}CloseTrump says Iran was is 'very close to over'Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailGet our free Inside Washington emailEmail*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_INSIDE_WASHINGTON","regTitle":"Inside Washington","subscriptionGroup":"inside_washington","subscriptionGroupId":"af764e04-87eb-45e6-a84b-a7455ba70a1e","type":"inside_washington","pathPrefix":"/news/world/americas/us-politics","associatedAuthors":["Eric Garcia","John Bowden"],"title":"Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox","mobileTitle":"Get our free Inside Washington email","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/insideWashington1_1.png","label":"I would like to receive morning headlines Monday - Friday plus breaking news alerts by email","newsletterKey":"receiveInsideWashingtonNews","regSourceSec...