House Speaker Johnson: Iran mission 'nearly completed' — operation 'limited in scope' — gas prices a 'temporary blip'

US House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters in Florida that the US military operation against Iran is 'nearly completed.' 'The operation in Iran is by design limited in scope and mission,' Johnson said. 'It's nearly completed. I think the mission is being achieved.' Johnson characterized rising US gas prices — which have surged as the Strait of Hormuz has remained closed and Gulf producers have cut output — as a 'temporary blip' that would come down 'in a couple of weeks.' Johnson's 'nearly completed' declaration is the most explicit end-of-war signal from a senior US official to date. It aligns with: Trump's 'we've already won in many ways'; Witkoff's 'almost all enrichment destroyed'; House Speaker's briefings from the Pentagon. Together, these signals point toward a US political decision to begin winding down the air campaign in the near term — though 'near term' could mean days or weeks. The statement is also designed to calm domestic US public opinion: gas price spikes, casualty numbers, and mounting war costs are creating political pressure on Republicans ahead of mid-term positioning.