America in Brief: US Announces Plans for Iran Withdrawal

More than 12,300 Iranian targets have been struck since the beginning of the campaign, according to U.S. Central Command.

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about the Iran war from the White House in Washington on April 1, 2026. Alex Brandon/Pool via Getty Images

President Donald Trump delivered a speech on April 1, laying out the conditions of withdrawal from Iran, after a month of conflict that has devastated the regime and jolted the global economy, leaving many countries rationing their oil.

Giving a two or three week deadline, Trump said that the initial U.S. goal of rendering Iran incapable of being an aggressor in the Middle East was “nearing completion.”