U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said in a briefing to reporters that "Iran knows it still has a window of opportunity open to choose wisely." According to him, "All they have to do is give up nuclear weapons. If not, they can watch the fragile economy of their regime collapse under the relentless pressure of American power. Because the bottom line remains the same bottom line: Iran will never have a nuclear bomb. The choice is theirs, but under this siege – the clock is not working in their favor."

