Americans expect prolonged US-Iran war as ceasefire falters

Four in five Americans expect the U.S. war with Iran to drag on for an extended period, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.



The three-day poll completed on Sunday found that 79% of respondents think U.S. military involvement in Iran will "go on for an extended period of time," up from 65% in late March.



Only 18% of respondents said they think the war would "end pretty quickly in a matter of weeks."



Some 37% of respondents approved of U.S. military strikes against Iran, which Washington resumed on June 26 in response to what it said were Iranian attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.



The poll surveyed 1,019 U.S. adults nationwide and had a margin of error of about four percentage points.