Sri Lanka, March 31 -- US President Donald Trump has said the war in Iran is nearing its end and that the Strait of Hormuz will reopen on its own once American forces withdraw from the region.

In a phone interview with the New York Post on Tuesday, Trump said the US military campaign was obliterating Iran but would not last much longer.

"We're not going to be there too much longer. We're obliterating the s-t out of them right now, it's a total obliteration. But we won't have to be there much longer, but we have more work to do in terms of killing their offensive, whatever offensive capability they have left," he said.

On the Strait of Hormuz, through which roughly 20 to 25 per cent of the world's oil supply passes, Trump said the situa...