The remarks come after Trump said the conflict is ‘very close’ to completion, while signalling plans for fresh attacks in the coming days
1-MIN READ1-MINBloombergPublished: 12:45pm, 2 Apr 2026Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the US-Israeli war on Iran appears to have achieved its key initial aims of curbing Tehran’s nuclear and missile capabilities – and questioned what further goals remain.“We did express support for the original objectives: preventing Iran from ever obtaining a nuclear weapon and degrading its capacity to endanger its neighbours,” Albanese said in a speech on Thursday at the National Press Club in Canberra.“And now those objectives have been realised, it is not clear what more needs to be achieved – or what the endpoint looks like,” he said, adding that the longer the war goes on, the greater the damage to the global economy.
“What I have said very clearly, though, is that I do want to see a de-escalation, and I want there to be recognition as well as greater clarity about how this ends,” Albanese said in response to a question after his speech.
