US strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites not aimed at regime change: Pentagon chief

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US Defense Secretary Pete Hegsith said on Sunday that there was no suggestion to change the government from US attacks in Iran’s nuclear places, adding that Washington sent private messages to Tehran that encourage Tehran to negotiate.

Officials kept the “midnight hammer” highly secret, making information about the mission restricted to very few people in Washington and at the Middle East’s headquarters in Tampa, Florida.

Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman, General Dan Kane, told reporters that seven B -2 bombers flew from the United States to Iran for 18 hours.

Hegsit warned Iran against the past threats of retaliation against the United States, saying that the US troops would defend themselves.

“This mission was not and was not about the government’s change,” Hegsit told reporters in the Pentagon. “The President gave the Iranian nuclear program a precision operation to make our national interests ineffective ineffective.”

Ken said reviews of the early war loss have indicated that the three sites have severe loss and destruction, but it refused to speculate on whether Iranian nuclear capabilities could still be maintained.

Overall, the United States launched an operation against three nuclear locations, more than two dozen Tamahak missiles, and 75 health -related weapons, including more than 125 military aircraft, Ken said.

The operation has pushed the Middle East to the brink of a major new configuration in a region for more than 20 months with wars in Gaza and Lebanon and a declining dictator in Syria.

Tehran has vowed to defend itself and responded with a volley of missiles in Israel that injured several people and destroyed buildings in its trading center Tel Aviv.

But, perhaps in an attempt to avoid the all -out war with the superpower, he has not yet had to work yet to target his water or to eliminate the world’s oil shipment, to carry out his vital threats to retaliation.

The US military has increased the protection of troops in the region, including Iraq and Syria, Ken said.

“Our forces are on high alert and are fully prepared to respond to any Iranian retaliation or proxy attacks, which will be an incredibly poor choice,” Ken said.

The United States already has a capable force in the Middle East, with about 40,000 troops in the region, including air defense systems, fighter jets and warships that can detect and shoot enemy missiles.

Reuters reported last week that the Pentagon has already begun to move some aircraft and ships from Middle East bases that may be victims of any possible Iranian attack.

The army had already shifted planes that were not in the shelter from Qatar’s alded base, and its ships from a port in Bahrain, where the 5th fleet is located.

Did not open open

With his extraordinary decision to bomb Iran’s nuclear places, after joining the Israeli airstrike directly on the enemy of its regional monastery, Trump has done something that he has long vowed to avoid – interfere with a major foreign war.

Trump, who insisted on Saturday that Iran would now have to reconcile or face further attacks, closed Tehran by shutting down the Strait of Hormuz, attacking US military bases and allies in the Middle East, and forcing US and Israeli interests around the world.

According to Iranian Press TV, the Iranian parliament approved the closure of the Strait Harmos, which is a potential outpost for oil delivery, but the country’s top security body needs to be finalized.

Hegsith, who said the Pentagon had informed the lawmakers about the operation after US aircraft were out of Iran, said strikes against Iran had not ended.

“As the president has directed and made clear, it is certainly not open,” he said, adding that if the US military would respond if needed.