{"id":2451235,"date":"2025-06-24T11:00:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T15:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-johnson-adamant-us-is-on-the-verge-of-peace-between-israel-and-iran\/"},"modified":"2025-06-24T11:01:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T15:01:10","slug":"mike-johnson-adamant-us-is-on-the-verge-of-peace-between-israel-and-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-johnson-adamant-us-is-on-the-verge-of-peace-between-israel-and-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Johnson adamant US is \u2018on the verge\u2019 of peace between Israel and Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmike-johnson-adamant-us-is-on-the-verge-of-peace-between-israel-and-iran%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2451235&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>House Speaker Mike Johnson has expressed optimism about achieving peace between Israel and Iran amidst ongoing tensions. He highlighted the importance of &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/radio-host-walks-off-own-show-after-being-told-to-back-off-criticizing-non-binary-demi-lovato-report\/\" title=\"Radio Host Walks Off Own Show After Being Told To Back Off Criticizing \u2018Non-Binary\u2019 Demi Lovato: Report\">cooler heads<\/a>&#8221; prevailing, especially after a ceasefire announced by former President Donald Trump was threatened by mutual attacks between the two nations. Johnson noted that while Iran is perceived as irrational, there are still hopes for lasting peace in the region. He confirmed discussions with Trump regarding the situation, emphasizing that further escalations should be avoided. Despite frustrations over Iran&#8217;s nuclear ambitions, Johnson criticized those who claim Trump failed to consult Congress for military actions, pointing out inconsistencies in their arguments compared to past administrations.Following recent attacks, both Israel and Iran have shown restraint, suggesting a complicated but potentially stabilizing dynamic.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Mike Johnson adamant US is &lsquo;on the verge&rsquo; of peace between Israel and Iran<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2156459\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) expressed hope that &ldquo;cooler heads&rdquo; will prevail in the conflict between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Israel<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Iran<\/a> despite the latter country being &ldquo;an irrational actor.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3451744\/trump-israel-iran-ceasefire-last-forever-never-shoot-each-other-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Trump&rsquo;s peace deal<\/a> between the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/middle-east\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Middle Eastern<\/a> countries, announced Monday evening, was jeopardized after the two <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >countries exchanged attacks<\/a> four hours before the ceasefire was set to begin. Iran violated the ceasefire shortly after it began, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3451878\/trump-says-israel-iran-ceasefire-in-effect-despite-violations-overnight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">prompting harsh criticism<\/a> from President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> against both countries.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3451372\/house-steering-committee-robert-garcia-top-democrat-house-oversight\/\">House Steering Committee recommends Robert Garcia for top Democrat on House Oversight Committee<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3451670\/hakeem-jeffries-iran-briefing-senate-house-leaders\/\">Hakeem Jeffries says &lsquo;Gang of Eight&rsquo; has yet to be briefed on Iran strikes&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3450949\/watch-live-pam-bondi-doj-budget-testifies-before-house-committee\/\">WATCH LIVE: Bondi testifies before House committee on DOJ budget<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Johnson has spoken with Trump following the strikes, about which the president was &ldquo;frustrated&rdquo; amid the &ldquo;fragile&rdquo; ceasefire between Israel and Iran. For the next steps, the speaker and Trump are advocating that Israeli leaders not escalate the situation with Iran.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We need to calm the situation down. I&rsquo;m optimistic that&rsquo;ll happen. I think the president is as well,&rdquo;&nbsp;Johnson said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>Fox &amp; Friends<\/em>. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re on the verge of real peace in the Middle East, and we got to forge that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2998296&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=ddcbbffec0877d5dc3c85e5173b23f00\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Amid reports that Iran is working to rebuild its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/developing-iran-caves-trump-gets-nuclear-deal-hours-after-threatening-to-crush-them-into-oblivion\/\" title=\"Developing: ... Caves, ... Gets Nuclear Deal Hours After Threatening to Crush Them Into Oblivion\">nuclear program &#038;ldquo<\/a>;immediately,&rdquo; Johnson suggested there is &ldquo;not much left&rdquo; for the country to rebuild following the United States&rsquo;s strikes. However, he said it is &ldquo;very frustrating&rdquo; for Iran to be pushing this idea in the wake of Trump&rsquo;s ceasefire deal and that the country is &ldquo;not to be trusted.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Johnson also directed criticism toward the lawmakers who accused Trump of not consulting with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Congress<\/a> before striking Iran&rsquo;s nuclear sites. He said previous presidents did not make a similar effort before carrying out strikes against other countries, and he suggested these lawmakers should be called out for their &ldquo;hypocrisy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/3451141\/how-to-avoid-forever-war-with-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">HOW TO AVOID A FOREVER WAR WITH IRAN<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Israeli Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/benjamin-netanyahu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Benjamin Netanyahu&rsquo;s<\/a> office said on X that Israel &ldquo;forcefully attacked in the heart of Tehran&rdquo; at 3 a.m., after which Iran launched &ldquo;a barrage of missiles&rdquo; just before the ceasefire took place, killing four Israeli citizens. Following another attack Iran carried out after the ceasefire started, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/IsraeliPM\/status\/1937494196925174118\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Israel is refraining from future attacks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Prime Minister&#8217;s Office:<\/p>\n<p>The ceasefire was set for 07:00 this morning. At 03:00, Israel forcefully attacked in the heart of Tehran, struck regime targets and eliminated hundreds of Basij and Iranian security forces personnel.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Prime Minister of Israel (@IsraeliPM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IsraeliPM\/status\/1937494187949097288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 24, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>On Truth Social, Trump said <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/114738104789842114\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Israel will not attack Iran<\/a> and will instead conduct &ldquo;a friendly &lsquo;Plane Wave&rsquo;&rdquo; to the rival country as Israeli planes return home. He has also vowed that <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/114738128058193093\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Iran will not rebuild its nuclear facilities<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2156459\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2156459\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Johnson insists the US is close to peace between Israel and Iran<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2451236,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Mike-Johnson-Iran-vs-Israel-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[4671,34218,4228],"class_list":["post-2451235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-israel","tag-mike-johnson","tag-peace"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Mike-Johnson-Iran-vs-Israel-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2451235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2451235"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2451235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2451239,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2451235\/revisions\/2451239"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2451236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2451235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2451235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2451235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}