Hegseth says Iran deal followed loss of leadership, says Tehran ‘out of options’
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Wednesday Iran agreed to a deal after its leadership was severely weakened, adding Tehran was “out of options and out of time.”
“The new Iranian regime understood that a deal was far better than the fate that awaited them,” he said at a Pentagon briefing.
He said Iran’s leadership had been “systematically eliminated,” listing multiple senior officials he said were killed.
“This new regime is out of options and out of time, so they cut a deal,” he said, adding the agreement meant Iran would “never, ever possess a nuclear weapon.”
