“The leader of the unit who attempted to assassinate President Trump has been hunted down and killed,” he said. “Iran tried to kill President Trump, and President Trump got the last laugh.”‌It was delivered with his unmistakable smugness and arrived five days into a US-led war on Iran. The difficulty for the administration is that this explanation now sits alongside a steadily expanding list of other reasons the war supposedly began. ‌View 4 Images Among Hegseth's claims was that they carried out the first torpedoing of a naval ship since World War II. Article continues belowBut five days into a war that has already altered the Middle East’s strategic landscape, the central questions remain unanswered.

Source: Daily Mirror March 04, 2026 18:09 UTC