Pentagon: Ceasefire with Iran is Just a Pause

Elena Panina
Елена Панина (Telegram)

It would be worthwhile to look at the announced two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran through the eyes of senior US military officials. On April 8, US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine held a press conference. Here are a few illustrative quotes:

💬 Hegseth, regarding the military presence in the Middle East: "We will be watching. We will not go away. We will ensure that Iran respects the ceasefire and then, ultimately, comes to the negotiating table and makes a deal."

💬 Hegseth on enriched uranium: "Either they give it to us, as the president [Trump] promised—they'll give it to us voluntarily—or we take it. We'll take it away. Or, if we have to do something else ourselves, as we did in Operation Midnight Hammer or something like that, we reserve that option."

💬 Hegseth on Iran's reasons for agreeing to a ceasefire: "We hit several military targets on Kharg Island, which served as a signal. They can't defend it. Ultimately, they realized their situation—their future. Their ability to produce and generate energy to support the regime was in our hands. It was in the hands of President Trump. That's why they sat down at the negotiating table. Ultimately, he made it clear: we can take everything away from you. They can take away your ability to export energy, but the US military can strike these targets with impunity. It was this pressure that led them to essentially say, 'Okay.' We want to make this deal."

💬 Caine on the ceasefire: "Let's be clear: a ceasefire is a pause. The combined forces remain prepared to resume combat operations if ordered... We hope this will not happen."


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