US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth suggested to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Wednesday that signs pointed to Iran potentially seeking a nuclear weapon.
Hegseth was asked by US Senator Lindsay Graham, "Mr. Secretary, have the Iranians been trying to build a nuke?"
"There are plenty of indications that they have been moving their way towards something that would look a lot like a nuclear weapon," Hegseth replied, without elaborating.
Graham later added, "Is there a whole lot of difference between a nuclear weapon in the hands of al Qaeda and the Ayatollah in Iran? I don't think so. They just have a different religious reason to do it."
