Skip to main content
ALM Live

Trump says Iran war 'very complete' as energy prices soar

England
The Eco Invictus, an LPG vessel, arrives at the mouth of the River Tees for loading at the ConocoPhillips oil terminal on Teesside, England, on March 9, 2026.

President Donald Trump said Monday the war against Iran could be nearing an end and held a separate call with Russian President Vladimir Putin about the conflict, according to the Kremlin.

"I think the war is very complete, pretty much," Trump told CBS News. "They have no navy, no communications; they’ve got no air force," Trump added, according to CBS's Weija Jiang, who described the remarks in a post on X.

Iran, meanwhile, continued attacks on neighboring countries Monday, striking the Al Ma’ameer oil facility in Bahrain, causing a fire and material damage. Shortly afterward, the kingdom’s state-owned Bapco Energies declared force majeure — a legal step that allows a company to suspend contractual obligations under extraordinary circumstances — on its operations. The announcement follows similar moves by the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation and QatarEnergy last week.

Turkey summoned Iran’s ambassador for a reprimand after an Iranian projectile was fired at its territory Monday for the second time since the conflict erupted.

Hostilities between Iranian-backed Hezbollah and Israel are intensifying, displacing nearly 700,000 people throughout Lebanon, according to the United Nations. Two Israelis were killed Monday in a Hezbollah missile attack on central Israel. The Israeli military launched a series of airstrikes in Beirut’s southern suburbs, hitting a building belonging to al-Qard al-Hassan, a Hezbollah-linked financial institution sanctioned by Washington.

On Sunday, the Islamic Republic’s Assembly of Experts named Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as the regime’s new leader. A mid-level cleric, Mojtaba maintains close ties to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

All updates are in your local time zone