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Hegseth says US military "will be busy tonight" striking Iranian facilities

11 June 2026 02:19 (UTC +04:00)

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday that the US will soon be bombing “key facilities” in Iran, APA reports.

“Central Command will be busy tonight because President Trump said we will be hitting Iran hard, and we will be, because Iran has a chance to make a good deal, a great deal, to codify what they said they’ve been willing to do and they haven’t been willing to do it,” Hegseth said while standing outside of US Central Command headquarters in Tampa, Florida. “So, as President Trump said, they’ve been tap, tap, tapping, you can see when someone’s trying to tap, tap, tap on a deal. Instead they’re going to have tap, tap, tap bombs dropping on key facilities in Iran from the United States of America.”

Hegseth said it’s “not because we want to restart anything we don’t have to restart,” but because the Defense Department is “prepared to set the terms to ensure we get the kind of deal President Trump expects.”

The strikes on Wednesday evening “will be strong,” Hegseth later added, saying if they “have to happen tomorrow night, they will be strong and they will be clear.”