Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said Tuesday that the ceasefire between Iran and the United States is still in place, despite reports of both countries firing upon each other in limited cases.
Reagan Reese, White House correspondent for the Daily Caller, questioned Hegseth about the status of the ceasefire, saying, “In the last 24 hours or so, Iran’s fired at us, we fired at Iran. I’m just going to ask you more directly, is the ceasefire over?”
“No, the ceasefire is not over,” Hegseth shot back. “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.”
Hegseth was referring to Project Freedom, an operation authorized by President Donald Trump to clear the Strait of Hormuz in an effort to increase shipping and
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