JAKARTA - Nearly 70 percent of Americans say they are concerned about a conflict between the US and Iran, according to a YouGov survey with CBS News released Sunday.
As many as 68 percent of respondents chose the word "worried" to describe their feelings, 57 percent admitted to feeling depressed, and 54 percent expressed anger.
The survey, as reported by Antara from Sputnik, also showed that 59 percent of citizens assessed the conflict as "somewhat bad" or "very bad" for the US, up two points from March 22.
In addition, 62 percent of respondents assessed President Donald Trump did not have a clear plan regarding the conflict, while 66 percent said the government had not explained its military objectives.
Trump's threat to "destroy Iran's civilization" posted on Truth Social on April 7 was rated negative by 59 percent of respondents, with 47 percent saying they strongly disliked the statement.
Overall, 64 percent of Americans disapprove of Trump's handling of the situation with Iran, up two points from the previous survey.
As many as 61 percent gave a negative assessment of Trump's performance.
The survey was conducted April 8-10 among 2,387 adults in the US, with a margin of error of 2.4 percentage points.
The conflict has been heating up since February 28 when the US and Israel launched attacks on a number of targets in Iran, including in Tehran, which caused civilian casualties.
Iran then retaliated by attacking Israeli territory as well as US military bases in the Middle East.
On Tuesday, Trump announced a two-week ceasefire deal with Iran.
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