Trump says war may end soon, IRGC says Tehran will decide when

Israel said on Tuesday that it had struck an Iranian missile launcher shortly after a barrage fired from Iran triggered air raid warnings in several Israeli areas as the US-Israeli strikes on the country entered the 11th day.

The Israeli military said on Monday that it struck the drone headquarters of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). It was targeted as part of a wave of strikes on "dozens" of infrastructure sites belonging to the Iranian government in several areas across the country, it said. The airstrikes were "part of the phase aimed at deepening the damage to the core military arrays and systems" of Iran, it added.

When will the war end?

US President Donald Trump said at a press conference in Florida on Monday that the US-Israeli military strikes against Iran would continue until Iran is "totally and decisively defeated," but predicted it would be over soon.

"It's going to be finished pretty quickly," Trump told Republican lawmakers. "We've already won in many ways, but we haven't won enough."

Trump did not, however, define exactly what victory in the war would look like.

During the press conference, Trump said he was "disappointed" with Mojtaba Khamenei as Iran's new supreme leader, but refused to answer whether the younger Khamenei would be targeted for a lethal assault.

In response to Trump's comments on the timeline for the war, the IRGC said it is Tehran – not Washington – that will determine the end of this war.

IRGC spokesperson Brigadier General Ali Mohammad Naeini described Trump's comments as "nothing but lies" and said that the US president was trying to "fabricate military achievements" after humiliating defeats, Al Jazeera reported, citing Tasnim News Agency.

Naeini also said Iran's armed forces will not permit the export of a single liter of oil from the region to the aggressors and their partners until further notice.

The IRGC spokesperson also denied Trump's claim that US and Israeli attacks have degraded Iran's missile capabilities, saying more projectiles are being fired "than the early days of the war, in larger numbers, and with warheads weighing more than one tonne."

On Monday, Iran launched the 32nd wave of Operation True Promise-4 against targets in the north and central parts of Israel using long-range ballistic Ghadr and Khorramshahr missiles.

Diplomatic efforts continue

On Monday, Trump held a phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov said Putin "voiced a few ideas aimed at a quick political and diplomatic settlement" of the conflict following his conversations with Gulf leaders and Iran's president, while Trump offered his assessment of the developing situation.

During the press conference on Monday, Trump hailed the conversation as a "very good talk" and said Putin wants to be very constructive.

Meanwhile, leaders in the Middle East urged diplomatic efforts to curb the escalating tensions in the region.

The leaders made the remarks via video conference in an emergency meeting called by the European Union regarding current regional developments, with the participation of leaders and officials from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Türkiye, Iraq, Armenia and Azerbaijan.

The European Union is a long-standing, reliable partner for the region in these difficult moments and is ready to contribute in every possible way to help de-escalate the situation and facilitate the return to the negotiating table, according to a statement by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa after the video conference.

So far, the US-Israeli attacks have killed at least 1,332 Iranian civilians and wounded thousands, according to Iran's UN ambassador. Lebanon has reported more than 400 deaths, with nearly 700,000 people fleeing their homes.

In Israel, ambulance workers said one man died from shrapnel wounds at a construction site ​near Tel Aviv's international airport, raising to 11 the death toll from Iranian strikes.

(With input from agencies)