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US caput of warfare Pete Hegseth connected Wednesday claimed that Iran "begged for ceasefire" aft the Operation Epic Fury "decimated their subject and rendered it's combat-ineffective."Addressing a property briefing, Hegseth credited US President Donald Trump for shaping the moment.
"...President Trump forged this moment. Iran begged for this ceasefire, and we each cognize it.
..Operation Epic Fury was a historical and overwhelming triumph connected the battlefield..." helium said."Operation Epic Fury decimated Iran's subject and rendered it combat-ineffective for years to come...," helium added describing the cognition arsenic a large strategical success.
The Pentagon main besides issued a beardown informing implicit Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium, saying the US would guarantee it is secured, by unit if necessary.
While helium did not elaborate connected however this would beryllium achieved, helium indicated that Washington was intimately monitoring the situation."We're watching it. We cognize what they have, and they volition springiness it up, and we'll get it, and we'll instrumentality it. If we person to, we tin bash it successful any, immoderate means necessary," Hegseth said. "They'll springiness it to america voluntarily, we'll get it, we'll instrumentality it, we'll instrumentality it out, oregon if we person to bash thing other ourselves, similar we did Midnight Hammer oregon thing similar that, we reserve that opportunity," helium added.
Hegseth’s remarks awesome a continued hardline stance by Washington, with the US keeping the enactment of further strikes connected the array if its demands are not met.The Pentagon chief's comments came aft Trump, who had earlier warned of wiping retired Iran’s "whole civilization," shifted code and announced a ceasefire with Tehran, describing it arsenic a "total and implicit victory" pursuing 38 days of Operation Epic Fury.However, Tehran presented a contrasting narrative. The Islamic Republic, led by Mojtaba Khamenei, besides claimed victory, citing Washington’s acceptance of its 10-point connection arsenic grounds of some battlefield and diplomatic success.
