Since the US and Israel began striking Iran on February 28, the war has shaken the global economy, driven up energy prices around the world and made many basics, including food, more expensive. Officials have been unable to turn the April ceasefire into a deal to permanently end the conflict.<\/p>\n
Donald Trumpo now says the US will declare total victory in two weeks. (Source: 1News)<\/p>\n
Trump, speaking to journalists at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York after watching the NBA Finals, acknowledged the crash.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe pilots are fine. Yeah,\u201d Trump said. \u201cNobody injured. We are going to issue a report tomorrow. But the pilots are fine.\u201d<\/p>\n
The New York Times first reported that a US Army Apache attack helicopter went down near the strait in unclear circumstances. The US military’s Central Command and the Defence Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment from The Associated Press.<\/p>\n
Apache helicopters have been a key asset for the American military as it enforces a blockade on Iranian crude oil shipments and tankers, seeking to pressure Tehran into reaching a deal. The helicopters also have been used by the United Arab Emirates to shoot down Iranian drones during the Iran war.<\/p>\n
Trump insists an Iran deal is coming<\/p>\n
Trump also expressed renewed optimism over negotiations with Iran.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have a good chance\u201d of signing a deal in \u201ctwo or three days”, Trump said. But he didn\u2019t provide any details on why there was reason for new optimism.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re very close to having a very, very good, strong, powerful deal,\u201d the president said. \u201cIf we go and bomb \u2014 which we could do very easily if we want, and we spend another two or three weeks bombing \u2014 they\u2019ll have nothing left whatsoever. But you won\u2019t have the strait open for months.\u201d<\/p>\n
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President Donald Trump talks with reporters before boarding Air Force One at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, early Tuesday, June 9, 2026. (Source: Associated Press)<\/p>\n
He added: \u201cIf we do the bombing, you know, a lot of people are going to be killed. Who wants to do that? I don\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mediators, led predominantly by Pakistan, have been trying for weeks to get a deal across the line. However, both Iran and the US have taken hard-line positions.<\/p>\n
The US wants to see Iran give up its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, which is believed still to be entombed in the country after American airstrikes in the 12-day war in 2025. But Iran is refusing that and demanding relief from sanctions. It also wants the release of frozen assets even before a final agreement is in place, something rejected by Trump.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A US Army Apache attack helicopter crashed near the Strait of Hormuz, with President Donald Trump saying the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":468818,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,5107,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-468817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-middle-east","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=468817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/468818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=468817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=468817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=468817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}