Overwhelming majority want immediate end to Iran war: Poll

Those results come even as most Americans believe the U.S. has not achieved its goals.

Published: June 22, 2026 10:52am

A clear majority of U.S. adults want an immediate end to the Iran war, rather than see the U.S. continue fighting for more concessions from Tehran, a recent survey has revealed.

Overall, 78% of respondents in the latest CBS News/YouGov survey said the U.S. should "end the conflict now," while just 22% wanted to press on for more concessions.

Those results come even as most Americans believe the U.S. has not achieved its goals. Just 22% said the deal was more favorable to the U.S. than Iran, while 37% said the opposite and 41% said the deal was evenhanded.

But most Americans think the U.S. has not accomplished its main goal of permanently stopping Iran's nuclear program. Just 31% said the effort had been successful while 39% said it had not been.

Clear majorities also believed that the U.S. had not stopped Iran from threatening other countries (68%), had not protected the Iranian people (74%), nor flipped Iran's leadership to pro-U.S. (79%).

Conducted June 17-19, the survey questioned 2,519 U.S. adults and has a margin of error of +/- 2.4%.

Ben Whedon is the Chief Political Correspondent for Just the News. Follow him on X.

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