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    ‘It’s going to get wrapped up soon’: Trump on Iran war, says ‘there’ll never be a nuclear weapon’

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    US President Donald Trump, speaking ahead of November 3 midterm congressional elections, said on Friday he believed the war with Iran will end soon, but did not say how that would happen.

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    ‘There’ll never be a nuclear weapon’: Trump signals Iran war could end soon
    US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he expects the war with Iran to end soon, but offered no details on how the conflict would be brought to a close.

    "It's going to get wrapped up soon," Trump said in an interview with Kansas City radio station KCMO.

    Trump said Washington would require assurances that Tehran would never develop a nuclear weapon as part of any resolution to the conflict.


    "We need a guarantee there'll never be a nuclear weapon."

    His remarks come ahead of the November 3 midterm congressional elections in the United States. Trump has said the US would not strike Iran before the elections.

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