Hegseth faces further grilling over Iran war strategy and costs – US politics live

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature A message from Iran’s supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei will shortly be released on the occasion of “national Persian Gulf day“, the country’s state media said on Thursday. Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth has previously said that Iran’s new leader, who has not been seen in public since the war began, is “disfigured”. It comes at a time when Iran’s Gulf ports are under a US blockade. …