What is the news?
The ongoing conflict between America, Israel and Iran continued for the third day. Iran’s top leadership, including its supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been eliminated. The new interim supreme leader has been announced. Iran is upset by Khamenei’s death and is launching retaliatory attacks from time to time. Meanwhile, an important meeting of the US War Department took place. After this, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an important statement and told the future plan in the war.
What statement did Hegseth give?
Hegseth rejected parallels between the escalating attacks on Iran and past US operations in the Middle East, saying, “The United States is not currently stuck in another Iraq-like quagmire, but is waging a decisive campaign to crush Tehran’s military power and nuclear ambitions.” “This is not Iraq, this is not an endless war, as American attacks increase and casualties increase,” he said.
Hesgeth told the reason for attacking Iran
“This campaign was designed to have rapid and widespread impact, aimed at destroying Iran’s missiles, drones, naval forces and nuclear program,” Hesgreth said at the Pentagon. “We are striking them with precision, comprehensiveness and boldness. Iran’s nuclear operations, targeting of global sea lanes, growing stockpile of ballistic missiles and lethal drones are now under great threat,” he said.
Change of power was not the aim of the attack – Hesgeth
“This was not a war of so-called regime change, but regime change did occur and the world benefited from it,” Hesgeth said. He said, “Iran’s former leadership was given the opportunity to compromise, but it did not take advantage of it. It was preparing powerful missiles and drones so that it could create a security shield for itself through nuclear blackmailing. It was pointing a gun at our heads while moving in the direction of the nuclear bomb.”
How long will the war against Iran last?
Asked about the possible duration of the operations, Hesgeth said, “There is no specific time frame for a military operation against Iran. That decision will be made by President Donald Trump alone.” He said, “We did not start this war, but under the leadership of President Trump, we are the ones ending it. His war on the Americans has become our revenge against their supreme leader Khomeini.”
Hesgeth defends Trump’s stance
The Pentagon chief also defended Trump’s attacks on Iran’s nuclear ambitions. He said, “President Trump’s stance has always been the same. A fundamentalist regime like Iran, which is immersed in the illusion of Islamic ideology, cannot have nuclear weapons. Many people have said this, but it takes courage to implement it and our President has that courage. That is why we have taken this strong step to stop Iran.”
How did the current conflict begin?
In fact, on February 28, Israel, along with the American army, attacked Iran. Apart from the capital Tehran, he had attacked more than 30 places in the cities of Kermanshah, Lorestan, Tabriz, Isfahan and Karaj. The office of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran was also targeted, killing Khamenei along with his daughter, son-in-law, granddaughter and daughter-in-law. After that, the conflict erupted as Iran started retaliating.
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