US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has said attacks on Iran will ramp up today with the heaviest strikes since Washington launched the war 10 days ago.
“Today will be yet again our most intense day of strikes inside Iran,” Hegseth told a news conference at the Pentagon.
US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth salutes as members of a US Army team carry a flag-draped transfer case containing the remains of Sgt. Benjamin N. Pennington, 26, of Glendale, Kentucky, during a dignified transfer solemn event at Dover Air Force Base, in Dover, Delaware, on March 9, 2026. — AFP