Poll Finds 79 Percent of Americans Expect Long U.S.-Iran Conflict, 37 Percent Approve Strikes

A Reuters/Ipsos poll completed Sunday found that 79 percent of U.S. adults expect American military involvement in Iran to continue for an extended period. Only 18 percent said they believed the conflict would end in a matter of weeks.

The three-day survey of 1,019 respondents had a margin of error of about four percentage points. The results were released as President Donald Trump said Monday that the United States was reinstating its blockade of Iranian shipping in the Gulf. Trump stated the United States would receive reimbursement equal to 20 percent of the value of all cargo transiting the Strait of Hormuz.

Washington resumed military strikes against Iran on June 26. An interim deal signed last month had aimed to reopen the strait and pause fighting for 60 days of negotiations. Trump has described the ceasefire as over while leaving open the possibility of further talks.

Thirty-seven percent of respondents approved of the U.S. military strikes. Sixty percent said they expected gasoline prices to worsen over the next year because of the war. Half said they believed the conflict had not been worth its costs.

Al-Monitor reported the poll findings alongside the latest developments in the Gulf.