Hegseth: Decisive US military victory over Iran

Hegseth: vittoria militare decisiva degli Stati Uniti sull’Iran


U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth holds a press briefing in the Pentagon Press briefing room, following the announcement of a two-week ceasefire in the Iran war, at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 8, 2026. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (Reuters)

April 8 (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Wednesday that the United States has had a decisive military victory over Iran and that Tehran’s missile program has been functionally destroyed. 

Hegseth and General Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, spoke to reporters a day after President Donald Trump pulled back from the brink of a threatened full-on assault on Iran on Tuesday night, two hours before a deadline he had set for Tehran to open the blockaded Strait of Hormuz. 

Caine said U.S. military objectives in Iran have been met but the ceasefire is a pause and forces remain ready to resume combat.

(Reporting by Idrees Ali, writing by Michelle Nichols, editing by Katharine Jackson)

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