Iran Says They Will Decide When War Is Over, Not The US
Iran Says They Will Decide When War Is Over, Not The US
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth did not echo the President's feelings of completeness however. On Tuesday he said that "We will not relent until the enemy is totally and entirely defeated."
The IRGC may not be the only foreign entity which seeks to control when the war ends. On Sunday Trump announced that in order to put an end to the Iran war, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would have to agree to end it.
On Tuesday the IRGC (Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corp) responded to President Donald Trump’s announcement that the Iran war is “complete” by saying that Tehran will decide when the war is over, not Washington.
“I think the war is very complete, pretty much,” Trump told CBS News Monday evening. “They have no navy, no communications, they’ve got no air force … If you look, they have nothing left. There’s nothing left in a military sense.”
“It is we who will determine the end of the war,” the IRGC said in a statement Tuesday. “The equations and future status of the region are now in the hands of our armed forces; American forces will not end the war.”
Interestingly, the IRGC may not be the only foreign entity which seeks to control when the war ends.
On Sunday Trump announced that in order to put an end to the Iran war, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would have to agree to end it.
“I think it’s mutual … a little bit. We’ve been talking. I’ll make a decision at the right time, but everything’s going to be taken into account,” Trump said.
Netanyahu effectively visits President Trump every two months, much of these meetings go on behind closed doors.
Controversy has swirled over the Israeli leader’s influence over the U.S. government.
On Wednesday Trump acknowledged the fact that America struck Iran to defend Israel, despite his Tuesday statement that the U.S. was in control.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said Tuesday that the U.S. is “winning” against the “barbarian” Iranians, adding that the Islamic Republic has been “racing” toward attaining a nuclear weapon. He explained that Washington seeks to “permanently deny Iran nuclear weapons forever.”
Hegseth did not echo the President’s feelings of completeness however, saying that “We will not relent until the enemy is totally and entirely defeated.”
After announcing how “complete” the Iran war is, Trump spoke about the Strait of Hormuz, warning Tehran not to block it:
