Ceasefire is ongoing despite Iran’s missile attacks: Hegseth

War Secretary Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the ceasefire with Iran is still holding despite several violations on Monday.

In the first press briefing after a large missile attack against the United Arab Emirates and attacks against two U.S. Navy destroyers, both said the ceasefire was still in place.

“No, the ceasefire is not over,” Hegseth responded when asked by a reporter. “Ultimately, this is a separate and distinct project, and we expected there would be some… churn at the beginning, which happened, and we said we would defend and defend aggressively, and we absolutely have.”

“Iran knows that, and ultimately, the President is going to make a decision whether anything were to escalate,” he continued, adding that he would urge Tehran to “be prudent in the actions that they take,” to keep the skirmishing “underneath this threshold.”

“Right now, the ceasefire certainly holds, but