IRAN BEGS FOR TRUCE!
US secretary of defence Pete Hegseth claimed today that Iran begged for Donald Trump’s 11th-hour ceasefire.
In a later post, the US President hailed ‘a big day for world peace’ after agreeing to pause the attacks.
At a Pentagon press briefing, Hegseth said Trump achieved ‘victory with a capital V.’
He added that Iran’s missile programme has been ‘functionally destroyed’ and that Iran’s navy ‘is at the bottom of the sea’. On top of this, he said, ‘we [the US] own their skies’.
Trump hails “a big day for world peace” after an 11th-hour ceasefire with Iran, while Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says Tehran “begged” for the pause and claims U.S. strikes delivered “victory with a capital V.” Hegseth said Iran’s missile program was “functionally destroyed,” its navy is “at the bottom of the sea,” and “we own their skies” — a stark flex after days of escalation. Markets surged on the news, with Frankfurt jumping 5% at the open, the FTSE 100 up 2.55%, Japan’s Nikkei closing more than 5% higher and South Korea’s Kospi nearly 7% up.
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