India, April 17 -- With the end of two two-week Iran-US truce just days away, US President Donald Trump's latest remarks on the Middle East war are adding to optimism that the Iran war could be nearing an end even though the last round of talks between Tehran and Washington in Islamabad, Pakistan collapsed with no deal. Track live updates on US Iran conflict

But now Trump has made a series of remarks which have created hope amid flaring tensions in the Middle East that started with US-Israel strikes on Iran on February 28.Thousands of lives have been lost since then and oil prices have soared since then as Strait of Hormuz, a key energy passage, has emerged as a flashpoint between the two sides.

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