Watch LIVE: U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's update on the war in Iran

Описание: U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force General Dan Caine hold a press briefing in the Pentagon Press Briefing Room on Operation Epic Fury.

Iran has fired more drones and missiles at Gulf Arab countries, as Donald Trump sent contradictory signals about how long the war could last.

After a day in which oil prices rose to a four-year high, before falling slightly, Trump wrote online that Iran will be met with "Death, Fire and Fury" if Tehran prevents the transport of oil across the Strait of Hormuz.

In addition to firing missiles and drones at Israel and at American bases in the region, Iran has also been targeting energy infrastructure, which, combined with its stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz, has sent oil prices soaring.

Trump wrote on Truth Social on Monday night that "If Iran does anything that stops the flow of Oil within the Strait of Hormuz, they will be hit by the United States of America TWENTY TIMES HARDER than they have been hit thus far.

"Additionally, we will take out easily destroyable targets that will make it virtually impossible for Iran to ever be built back, as a Nation, again — Death, Fire, and Fury will reign upon them — But I hope, and pray, that it does not happen!"

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