Iranian officials have denied they are in negotiations with the U.S., but Hegseth said the talks “are very real.”
“We don’t want to have to do more militarily than we have to, but I didn’t mean it flippantly when I said in the meantime we’ll negotiate with bombs. Our job is to ensure that we compel Iran to realize that this new regime, this regime in charge, is in a better place if they make a deal,” Hegseth vowed.
The deployment of thousands of U.S. Marines and 82nd Airborne troops near Iran is also intended to put pressure on Iran at the negotiating table, Hegseth added.
“Our adversary right now thinks there are 15 ways we can come at them with boots on the ground, and guess what, there are,” he said. “If we needed to we could execute those options on behalf of the President of the United States and this department, or maybe we don’t use them at all—maybe negotiations work.”
In recent days, U.S. warplanes have increased the pace at which they destroy mobile rocket and drone launchers moving into the open inside Iran.
“The range of military options that those forces can offer are extensive, not the least of which is Iran should note that they’re out there and they are a pressure point so they should carefully consider at the diplomatic level—not my job as the chairman but, at the diplomatic level—what’s in front of them,” he said.
After some negotiations with Iranian officials, a few shipments have been allowed to move through safely in recent days. But the standoff has spiked gas prices.
He told nations who refused to actively get involved with the Iran war that they should just go to the Strait of Hormuz and “take” oil if they’re worried about shortages. “You’ll have to start learning how to fight for yourself. The U.S.A. won’t be there to help you anymore, just like you weren’t there for us,” Trump warned.
“If Iran is wise, they will cut a deal,” Hegseth said. “President Trump will make a deal. He is willing."
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