The US Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, has said that the United States will negotiate with bombs if need be, warning Iran that American strikes would continue until Tehran agrees to President Donald Trump’s nuclear terms.
Hegseth made this statement at the US Central Command, CENTCOM, headquarters in Florida on Wednesday.
He said additional military operations were already planned and could continue as long as Tehran refused to finalise a nuclear agreement with Washington.
“Central Command will be busy tonight because President Trump said, ‘ We will be hitting Iran hard, and we will be. We will negotiate with bombs if need be.
“Iran has a chance to make a good deal, a great deal to codify what they said they’ve been willing to do, and they haven’t been willing to do it,” he said.
According to him, Iran had repeatedly delayed negotiations despite what he described as a fully developed diplomatic path offered by President Trump.