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BREAKING: The United States has reportedly requested direct talks with Yemen’s Houthis — JD Vance has confirmed Washington is holding direct conversations with Ansar Allah as the group tightens its grip on the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said President Trump’s demand for Iran’s “unconditional surrender” will happen whether Iran wants “to admit it or not, whether their pride lets them say it out loud or not.”
The U.S. said it had already struck 3,000 targets inside Iran when CBS News’ Major Garrett spoke with Hegseth on Friday. Hegseth said there will come a point when Iran will be incapable of fighting.
“This is war. This is conflict. This is bringing your enemy to their knees. Now, whether they will have a ceremony in Tehran Square and surrender, that’s up to them,” Hegseth said.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian called the U.S. demand for surrender “a dream that they should take to their grave.”
But Hegseth says the U.S. is going to step up its attacks on Iran. “What I want your viewers to understand is this is only just the beginning,” he told 60 Minutes.
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