"Regime change has occurred" in Iran, Hegseth says
By Michael Williams
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said “regime change has occurred” in Iran.
“This new regime, because regime change has occurred, should be wiser than the last,” Hegseth said. “President Trump will make a deal. He is willing, and the terms of the deal are known to them.”
But if Iran is not willing to abide by those terms, Hegseth added, the US military “will continue with even more intensity.”
Hegseth’s comments during a Pentagon press briefing echo a statement made by President Donald Trump on Sunday. Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, was elevated to the position his father held for nearly four decades after the elder Khamenei’s death in US-Israeli air strikes.
But Khamenei has not yet been seen publicly since the start of the war. While the US government says it is conducting talks with leaders in Iran, there has been uncertainty as to whom speaks for the Iranian government.
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