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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