The New Forever War mloukili Tue, 09/29/2026 - 10:38 Latest Updates Africa Asia-Pacific Europe Latin America & Caribbean Middle East & North Africa United States Global Issues & Institutions My Reading List Op-Ed / Middle East & North Africa 29 September 2026 1 minutes The New Forever War Originally published in Foreign Affairs Why America and Iran Fight On Without Victory Share BlueSky Email Facebook Linkedin Twitter Whatsapp Save Print Ali Vaez Deputy Program Director, MENA https://twitter.com/AliVaez Related Tags Iran United States When will the war in Iran end? American officials claim that the answer is soon. “I think the war is going to end immediately after the [November] election,” declared U.S. President Donald Trump in September. “They can’t hold out any longer.”