Hegseth Declares Victory Over Iran With Hormuz Yet to Reopen
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Pete Hegseth, US secretary of defense. The US and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire and Tehran pledged to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a last-ditch deal that saw President Donald Trump back off from threats to escalate the war.
Photographer: Stefani Reynolds/BloombergUS Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared today a “historic and overwhelming” victory over Iran, but there was little evidence of that in the Strait of Hormuz, the key waterway where hundreds of ship remain stuck.
Hegseth spoke a day after President Donald Trump announced a two-week ceasefire, in a dramatic climb-down from pledges to annihilate Iran unless US conditions were met.