Trump looking for a ‘real end’ to Israel-Iran conflict

US president Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he was aiming for a “real end” to the conflict between arch-rivals Israel and Iran, and not just a ceasefire.

I’m not looking for a ceasefire, we’re looking at better than a ceasefire.

The president said he was looking for “an end, a real end, not a ceasefire,” adding that he wanted a “complete give-up” by Iran.

Trump also said on Truth Social that he had not reached out to Iran for peace talks in any “way, shape, or form”, adding that the country “should have taken the deal that was on the table”.

Trump has denied that he left a G7 leaders summit in Canada early to work on a ceasefire between Israel and Iran in a social media post in which he also derided Emmanuel Macron as “publicity seeking”.

The US president said Macron had “no idea” why he was returning to Washington and that the reason was “much bigger” than a ceasefire. Earlier, Macron had suggested that Trump had made a ceasefire “offer”.

Meanwhile, heavy traffic could be seen from Tehran after Trump told Iranians to ‘immediately evacuate’. The comments from the president came not long after Israel told people to evacuate a large part of Tehran ahead of a bombing campaign – similar to its tactics in Gaza where it has killed tens of thousands of civilians.