Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth stated that additional forces are being deployed to Iran. “We have taken control of the skies. We can sustain this war for as long as we want. We set the rules here,” he said.
Key points from U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s remarks at the Pentagon briefing are as follows:
More forces are heading to Iran. We have taken control of the skies. We can sustain this war for as long as we want. We set the rules here.
This is not yet a completed operation. The United States and Israel, through both military power and intelligence capabilities, will soon bring Iran under control.
The individual they plan to select as a new leader is either dead or in hiding—we do not know which. We believe he is a coward.
In the Persian Gulf, Iranian warships have now been sent to the bottom of the sea. We can also say that we have struck an Iranian submarine in the Indian Ocean. This would mark the first time since World War II that we have sunk a submarine.
This is not yet a completed operation. The United States and Israel, through both military forces and intelligence, will soon bring Iran under control.
America fights to win.
Response to question about ‘attack on girls in Iran’
In response to a question regarding an attack on the first day of the strikes that allegedly resulted in the deaths of 165 schoolgirls in Iran—“What do you know about the attack on a girls’ school in southern Iran?”—Hegseth said, “We are investigating. We certainly never target civilians.”
The UN Human Rights Office had called yesterday for an investigation into the U.S. and Israeli attacks.