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Secretary of War Pete Hegseth told a press conference today that an Iranian leader who tried to assassinate President Donald Trump has been killed.
Speaking about updates within the Iran War this morning within the Pentagon, Hegseth mentioned the drones and rockets shot down by US troops and bragged about American firepower.
He said: ‘Yesterday, the leader of the unit who attempted to assassinate President Trump was hunted down and killed.
‘Iran tried to kill President Trump, and President Trump got the last laugh.’
Hegseth also said the US would ‘avenge’ the 4 servicemen and ladies who were killed by Iranian drones and rockets.
He went on to say the mission is just not ‘achieved’, but cited how a US military submarine sank an Iranian warship that ‘thought it was protected in international waters’.
Hegseth added: ‘This was never meant to be a good fight, and it’s not a good fight… they’re happening.
‘More and bigger waves are coming; we are only getting began.’
The death toll in Iran from the continued war with the US and Israel has reached at the very least 1,045 people, an Iranian government agency said on Wednesday.
Iran’s Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs offered the toll, saying it represented the variety of bodies to date identified and ready for burial.
Meanwhile, the US and Israel hit Tehran and other cities in multiple airstrikes on the fifth day of the war with Iran.
Israel targeted the Iranian leadership and security forces because the Islamic Republic responded with missile barrages and drone attacks on Israel and across the region.
Tehran residents woke to dawn blasts, and Iranian state television showed the ruins of a constructing within the centre of the capital. The Shiite seminary city of Qom and multiple other cities were also targeted.
The Israeli military said certainly one of its F-35 stealth fighter jets shot down a piloted Iranian Air Force YAK-130 fighter over Tehran on Wednesday.
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