Secretary of War Pete Hegseth speaks during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., on April 24, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth said on April 24 that a nearly two-week-long U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports is increasing and “going global” as Washington seeks to exert economic pressure on Tehran ahead of possible negotiations.
The U.S. military blockade is “growing” and has “gone global,” he said at a morning press briefing at the Pentagon, adding that Iran “will never get a nuclear bomb.”
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