Pete Hegseth Taunts 'Disfigured' Iran Leader and His 'Rats'

"We're shooting down and destroying what missiles they have in stock and, more importantly, ensuring they have no ability to make more. Their production lines, their military plants, their defense innovation centers, defeated. Iran's leadership is in no better shape—desperate and hiding—they have gone underground, cowering, that is what rats do."

"We know the new so-called not so supreme leader is wounded and likely disfigured. He put out a statement yesterday, a weak one. There was no voice and no video. It was a written statement. His father dead, he's scared and injured, on the run and lacks legitimacy. It is a mess for them."

"With every passing hour, we know and we know they know that the military capabilities of their evil regime are crumbling, they can barely communicate let alone coordinate. Our response? We will keep pressing, keep pushing, keep advancing, no quarter, no mercy for our enemies."

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced that U.S. and Israeli strikes have eliminated Iran's missile manufacturing capabilities, including production lines, military plants, and defense innovation centers. The military now focuses on destroying Iran's existing missile and drone inventory rather than preventing future production. Hegseth claimed Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is wounded and likely disfigured, evidenced by a written statement lacking video or audio. He stated Khamenei's father, former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, was killed in the strikes. Hegseth characterized Iran's leadership as desperate, hiding, and lacking coordination, asserting the regime's military capabilities are crumbling. He pledged continued U.S. military pressure without mercy against Iran.

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