US defense chief says military option on the table if Iran talks fail

"President Trump is dead serious on this issue. He's dead serious that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon," Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Fox News on Sunday.

"He's also dead serious that if we can't figure this out at the negotiating table, then there are other options, to include my department," he added.

Hegseth expressed hope the US military will never have to use the military option against Iran.

However, he said, "what we're doing with the Houthis and in the region, we have shown the capability to go far, deep and big. We don't want to do that but if we have to, we will to prevent a nuclear bomb in Iran's hands."