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President Donald Trump has indicated that the ongoing conflict with Iran may come to an end “soon.”

Getting into it: In an interview with Axios, Trump suggested the campaign may be nearing its conclusion because the US military has already destroyed most viable targets in Iran. “The war is going great. We are way ahead of the timetable. We have done more damage than we thought possible, even in the original six-week period,” Trump said. He added that the fighting could stop whenever he decides, saying, “Any time I want it to end, it will end,” and arguing that there is“practically nothing left to target,” aside from “little this and that.”

However, messaging from Israeli officials has suggested a much longer timeline for the conflict. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said the campaign would continue “without any time limit, as long as required, until we accomplish all objectives and achieve victory in the campaign.” US and Israeli officials have also indicated that additional strikes are expected in the coming weeks as the two countries continue targeting Iranian military infrastructure and capabilities.

Meanwhile, Iranian officials have signaled that they are prepared for a prolonged confrontation rather than a quick end to the fighting. Ali Fadavi, an adviser to the commander-in-chief of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, warned that the United States and Israel should prepare for “a long-term war of attrition that will destroy the entire American economy and the world economy, and will cause all of its military capabilities to be eroded to the point of destruction.”

Iranian leaders have also laid out conditions for ending the conflict. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Tehran would require compensation for the damage caused by US and Israeli attacks and “firm” international guarantees that Iran would not be targeted again. At the same time, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi suggested that diplomacy with the US is unlikely in the near future, saying, “I don’t think that the question of talking with Americans or negotiation with the Americans once again would be on the table.”