US. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivered a stinging rebuke of Iran’s military leadership on Thursday, declaring that the most undesirable position in the world today is that of a senior commander within Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, describing every such post as nothing more than a temporary assignment in a rapidly collapsing chain of command.
Speaking at a Pentagon press conference alongside Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine, Hegseth used the blunt remark to underscore what he described as the devastating and accelerating degradation of Iran’s military apparatus since the launch of Operation Epic Fury nineteen days prior.
The Secretary painted a picture of systematic destruction, noting that the United States military had struck over 7,000 targets across Iran and its military infrastructure.
He was emphatic that this represented not incremental pressure but overwhelming force applied with surgical precision — a campaign that grows in intensity with each passing day. See More In Details…