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Trump says current campaign of strikes against Iran is over

The Zioneer Intelligence Desk

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TL;DR

President Donald Trump stated that the current bombing campaign against Iran has concluded. The statement, reported by multiple sources, marks a public declaration on the operational phase of the ongoing US-Iran military confrontation.

01 · THE DISPATCH

In a new development reported Wednesday evening, President Donald Trump declared that the current campaign of airstrikes against Iran has ended, according to multiple sources. The statement follows his earlier remarks—first reported by The Zioneer at 23:21 UTC—in which he said he spoke with senior Iranian officials and that the strikes would stop 'soon,' adding that Israel was not involved in the operations. Earlier in the same sequence (also at 23:21 UTC), Trump had stated that Iranian officials asked him to halt the strikes and that the attacks would cease 'very soon,' while leaving open the possibility of resuming them later; that initial report, attributed to Barak Betesh of i24NEWS, marked a shift from his earlier promise to strike Iran 'very hard today.' The progression of the thread shows a movement from a conditional, still-open timeframe ('very soon') to a more definitive declaration that the current campaign is over, but specific details on targets, scope, or damage assessments remain absent from any official White House or Pentagon briefing. As The Zioneer has reported across the thread, the US military action has unfolded amid exchanges of fire near the Strait of Hormuz, with Israel explicitly not involved per Trump's own account. What remains open: no independent confirmation of the call with senior Iranian officials has been provided, and no operational summary—damage assessments, target lists, or timeline for any potential resumption—has been released by the administration.

02 · How it developed

4 developments

  1. Latest

    Reports suggest the strikes may have supported earlier waves of attacks

  2. Trump officially confirms the current campaign of strikes has concluded.

  3. Trump claims he spoke with senior Iranians; states Israel was not involved.

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03 · Source and signal

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