Hegseth says the US-Iran ceasefire remains intact for now, as Trump wants to finalize a deal.
Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday defined Project Freedom, a one-day US military operation to help commercial ships stuck in the Persian Gulf exit through the Strait of Hormuz, as completely separate from the hostilities with Iran that began with joint US-Israeli strikes on the country on February 28. “This operation is separate and distinct…