Despite evidence that the conflict between Israel and Iran is escalating, U.S. President Donald Trump expressed optimism on Sunday that peace would come soon and cited the possibility that Russia's Vladimir Putin could help.

US President Donald Trump predicted on Sunday (local time) that he would soon broker peace between Israel and Iran, citing unspecified "calls and meetings" as evidence of progress, adding that his intervention had led to peace between several conflict-ridden countries,

WASHINGTON: Iran and Israel will have peace "soon", US President Donald Trump said in a social media post on Sunday (Jun 15), adding that there were many unspecified meetings happening and that the two countries should make a deal.