“And it was practiced when we shot the Iranian warship off the Indian Ocean.”He continued, “We gave no quarter. And the double strike on the small boats in the Caribbean — gave no assistance, by and large. And there was talk of a second strike.”Hegseth said last month during a Pentagon news briefing on the Iran war, “We will keep pressing. “No quarter” means they are killed, which would constitute a war crime. Last month, a U.S. submarine torpedoed an Iranian frigate with 130 crew members aboard.

Source: Huffington Post April 04, 2026 18:25 UTC