Emergency personnel work at the site of a strike on a residential building, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, Monday. Over the past weeks, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has repeatedly maintained that Iran is losing the war. Trump wrote on Truth Social Tuesday that Iran’s military is “decimated” and their leaders at “virtually every level” are gone. “I think in the circle of the Gulf, Iran is being seen as the main threat. Gargash said the UAE is open to joining a coalition to open the Strait of Hormuz, adding that Iran’s war strategy has “misconceptions,” and in the aftermath of the war, Gulf states may grow closer to Israel.

Source: CNN March 19, 2026 18:17 UTC