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Home / US-Israel-Iran / Trump Said We ‘Eviscerated’ Iran. So Why Is The War Going On For ‘Two To Three’ More Weeks?
US‑Israel‑Iran, Iran, Middle East

April 3, 2026

Trump Said We ‘Eviscerated’ Iran. So Why Is The War Going On For ‘Two To Three’ More Weeks?

In his first address to the nation since launching the war against Iran over a month ago, President Donald Trump said that “we’ve beaten and decimated Iran” and the U.S. is going to hit the country “extremely hard over the next two to three weeks.” Dr. Rosemary Kelanic, the director of the Middle East Program at Defense Priorities, joins “Forbes Newsroom” to discuss President Trump’s remarks and the state of the war.

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