Iran says the world has accepted it has defeated the US, and other Middle East developments

Iran says the world has accepted it has defeated the US, and other Middle East developments 1 of 2 | President of Iran Masoud Pezeshkian takes questions from the media during a news conference in New York on Sept. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis, File) 2 of 2 | President Donald Trump waves was he boards Air Force One upon his departure at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Friday, Aug. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez) 1 of 2 | President of Iran Masoud Pezeshkian takes questions from the media during a news conference in New York on Sept. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis, File) 1 of 2 President of Iran Masoud Pezeshkian takes questions from the media during a news conference in New York on Sept. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis, File) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share 2 of 2 | President Donald Trump waves was he boards Air Force One upon his departure at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Friday, Aug. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez) 2 of 2 President Donald Trump waves was he boards Air Force One upon his departure at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Friday, Aug. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] Iran’s president says the world has accepted that it’s won the war with the United States and remarks by the U.S. Ambassador to Turkey and special envoy for Syria appear to contradict official U.S. position over the Golan Heights.Here’s a look at the latest developments in the Iran-war" class="entity-link entity-event" data-entity-id="38748" data-entity-type="event">Iran war and the wider Middle East on Saturday. Full coverage can be found here.Iran’s President says the world has accepted that Iran won the warIranian state media reported Friday that President Masoud Pezeshkian said the war with the U.S. should end since the world has already accepted that Iran has won. “The entire world approved our victory and the U.S. is hated,” he said according to IRNA news agency. The remarks came as the Trump administration is touting a crushing financial campaign against Iran, promising an “economic D-Day” against the country. President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. would be imposing an “unprecedented” level of economic warfare and isolation on Iran, aiming to force its leadership to cave to demands to end its nuclear program and fully reopen the crucial Strait of Hormuz to oil and natural gas tankers. U.S. Ambassador to Turkey and special envoy for Syria appears to contradict official U.S. position on the Golan HeightsIn an interview Friday, Tom Barrack said that Israel “still” occupies the territory in violation of U.N. resolutions.In his comments made to Mario Nawfal, a Lebanese-Australian entrepreneur, Barrack said that “in the Golan, with Syria, they (Israel) still occupy the Golan, against the U.N. resolutions.” 2 MIN READ Israel captured the Golan Heights from Syria in the 1967 war and annexed it in 1981. The U.N. considers the territory occupied Syrian land and the annexation null and void, with U.N. resolutions calling for Israel’s withdrawal to the June 4, 1967, line.In March 2019, Trump signed a proclamation recognizing Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, reversing decades of U.S. policy. The move did not change the territory’s status under international law or win broader international recognition. Colombia became the second country to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan this month, joining the United States. Barrack’s remarks sparked a backlash Saturday from conservative activist and U.S. presidential ally Laura Loomer, who posted on X that he “should resign for his lack of understanding of U.S. foreign policy.”