US President Donald Trump said Monday that US military operations in Iran would be ending soon, reassuring markets that have been thrust into chaos by a war still reverberating across the Middle East. Iran's Revolutionary Guards replied Tuesday that they, not the Americans, would "determine the end of the war". Kamal Kharazi, a foreign policy adviser to Iran's supreme leader, told CNN that Tehran was calculating that economic pressure would eventually prompt other countries to intervene and end the war. RalliesIran faced a fresh blitz of US and Israeli strikes after its Assembly of Experts, the top clerical body, appointed its first new supreme leader in 37 years. Iranian state media carried images of tens of thousands of people celebrating Mojtaba Khamenei's selection in central Tehran, many carrying his picture.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 10, 2026 04:33 UTC