Pete Hegseth, the U.S. defense minister, said at a news briefing at the Pentagon on Tuesday, 19 Aban, that Donald Trump has made a difficult but correct decision in the war with Iran, with the aim of ensuring the security of the American people. He said: “We did not start this war; Iran started it 47 years ago.”

Hegseth said that all U.S. operations against the Islamic Republic, cartels, Maduro, and in Yemen were legal, and added that Donald Trump ordered these operations and that he carried out those orders.

The U.S. defense minister also said that Iran’s blockade was “completely impenetrable” and that nothing passed through it. He added that the Islamic Republic’s defense industrial infrastructure has been almost completely destroyed and its nuclear industry infrastructure has been limited, and that the Islamic Republic’s ability to rebuild these infrastructures is far less than America’s.