Pentagon Chief Pete Hegseth Issues Final Warning To New Iran Leader Mojtaba Khamenei
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks while President Donald Trump, left, lens at the Shield of the Americas Summit at Trump National Doral Miami in Doral, Fla. (AP Photo)
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday said that today will be the “most intense” of attacks on Iran and that America is “winning decisively with brutal efficiency” as the war in West Asia intensifies with US military launching Operation Epic Fury against Tehran.
In Pentagon’s press briefing on the US military’s operation, Hegseth said, “We stay locked on the target” and that Washington is “winning decisively with brutal efficiency, total air dominance and an unbreakable will to accomplish the president’s objectives.”
Talking about the duration of war, Hegseth said that US will end war with Iran “on our timeline” and it is not an “endless or protracted” war. He added that Washington will not relent in its war with Iran until “the enemy is totally and decisively defeated.”
US-Israel-Iran War: Plumes of smoke rise as strikes hit the city during the US–Israeli military campaign in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo)
Hegseth’s warning to Iran’s new supreme leader
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth warned the newly picked supreme leader of Iran, Mojtaba Khamenei that he should “heed the words” of President Donald Trump and “not pursue nuclear weapons.”
“The new leader of Iran, he would be wise to heed the words of our president, which is to not pursue nuclear weapons and come out and state as such,” Hegseth added.
