Las Vegas, April 17 -- US President Donald Trump on Thursday (local time) said that the United States is heading towards "victory very shortly" against Iran while making strong remarks on military developments involving Iran and past US operations in the region.

Speaking during an event here, Trump suggested progress in ongoing strategic actions and claimed significant degradation of Iranian capabilities.

"And I said, we're in there for two months, and you know what? We're gonna have victory very shortly," he said.

He described Iran as a "tough, smart country" while asserting that its military capacity had been severely reduced.

"And against a very tough, smart country. These people were fighters, and you know, I don't want to claim i...