# The US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth held a briefing on the Iran war at the Pentagon in Washington, DC earlier today. Hegseth said the operation to protect commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz was temporary and the four-week-old ceasefire was not over. He said right now the ceasefire certainly holds, but they will be watching the situation very closely. He warned Iran if they attack American troops and commercial shipping, they will face overwhelming and devastating American firepower:
Hegseth warns Iran against overwhelming and devastating American firepower [SOUND]
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