Hegseth claims decisive US military victory over Iran

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Wednesday ‌that the United States has had a decisive military victory over Iran and ‌that Tehran's missile program has been functionally destroyed. Hegseth and General Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, spoke to reporters a day after President Donald Trump pulled back from the brink of a threatened full-on assault on Iran on ​Tuesday night, two hours before a deadline ‌he had set for Tehran to open ‌the ‌blockaded Strait of Hormuz.