Donald Trump says Iran war will end soon as there’s 'practically nothing left to target'

The US President told Axios: "Little this and that... Any time I want it to end, it will end."

It follows comments from Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, who said the war must be stopped before the whole Middle East region is "thrown into the fire".

Meanwhile, Israeli officials have acknowledged there is no certainty the war against Iran will lead to a collapse of its clerical government, despite President Trump's claim the war will end soon.

Iran's newly-appointed Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei was lightly injured but is continuing to operate, an Iranian official told reporters after state television described him as war wounded.

Khamenei has not been seen by Iranians, or issued any public statement or message, since his selection on Sunday by a clerical assembly and is widely rumoured to have been wounded in the strikes.

The official did not give details about when Khamenei was injured or why he had not made any statement to the public since his appointment.

Huge crowds of Iranians took to the streets on Wednesday for funerals for top commanders killed in airstrikes.

They carried caskets and brandished flags and portraits of slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his son and successor.

In Tehran, residents said they were growing accustomed to nightly airstrikes that have sent hundreds of thousands of people fleeing to the countryside and contaminated the city with black rain from oil smoke.

Farshid, 52, said: "There were bombings last night but I did not get scared like before. Life goes on,"

Nato air defences have in the last week intercepted two Iranian missiles headed toward southern Turkey, where there are air and radar bases used by Nato and the United States, and the alliance has since beefed up defences there.

President Erdogan told Turkish lawmakers: "This war must be stopped before it grows and the region as a whole is thrown into the fire. If diplomacy is given a chance, it is very possible to achieve this.

"In light of the sensitivity of the period we are in, we are speaking very carefully. We are acting with caution to protect Turkey from the fire that is surrounding it."

Chairman of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Ozgur Ozel told reporters President Erdogan had avoided criticising President Trump by name in order to maintain their good personal rapport, adding that this had only emboldened the White House.