JAKARTA - US Defense Secretary (Menhan) Pete Hegseth warned the Iranian government that the US military was on standby ready to fight again if Iran did not agree to negotiations in the near future.
"Our forces are ready to the maximum to restart combat operations if this new Iranian regime chooses poorly and does not agree to the deal," Hegseth said at a joint press conference with US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Dan Caine at the Pentagon, Thursday, April 16, quoted from The Telegraph.
Hegseth urged the Iranian government to wisely choose options amid the two-week US-Iranian ceasefire and the first round of peace talks in Islamabad.
He emphasized that the option of going back to war with Iran is ready to be taken by the US if an agreement with the US President Donald Trump's government is not reached,
"And that's what we urge this morning, that this new Iranian regime chooses wisely," he continued.
Hegseth added that US forces could match Iran if the option of going to war occurred. "Remember, this is not a fair fight," he said.
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