Iran’s IRGC responds to Trump: ‘We will determine the end of war’

IRGC reacts to Trump's 'Iran war going to end soon' remark

Hours after US President Donald Trump said that the Iran war was going to “end soon”, Iran's Revolutionary Guards stated that they would “determine the end of the war”.

"It is we who will determine the end of the war," the Guards said in a statement, according to AFP.

"The equations and future status of the region are now in the hands of our armed forces; American forces will not end the war," the statement added.

Trump said on Monday that the conflict with Iran would end soon, claiming the joint military campaign with Israel had already accomplished its primary objectives.

"It's going to be ended soon, and if it starts up again they'll be hit even harder," Trump said during a news conference in Florida, without providing any specific timeline.

Earlier, Trump told CBS News that the war was "very complete" and warned Iran against doing "anything cute".

"They've shot everything they have to shoot, and they better not try anything cute or it's going to be the end of that country," the president said. "If they do anything bad, that would be the end of Iran and you'd never hear the name again."

"I think the war is very complete, pretty much," he said. "They have no navy, no communications, they've got no air force. Their missiles are down to a scatter. Their drones are being blown up all over the place, including their manufacturing of drones. If you look, they have nothing left. There's nothing left in a military sense."

His remarks come amid heightened tensions in West Asia as military operations and retaliatory actions involving Iran, US and Israel continue to escalate across the region, following the killing of Iran's Supreme Leader, 86-year-old Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in joint military strikes by the US and Israel on February 28.

The strikes also killed several senior leaders of the Islamic Republic.

In retaliation, Tehran launched counter-strikes targeting American military bases in multiple Arab countries and Israeli assets across the region.

Meanwhile, Khamenei's son Mojtaba Khamenei has been appointed as the new head of the Islamic republic.