After a month of war, Hegseth says Iran retains ability to strike.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan Caine, delivers updates on Iran at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (Eric Lee/The New York Times) By JOHN ISMAY, GREG JAFFE, HELENE COOPER and AURELIEN BREEDEN Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth conceded Tuesday that Iran retained the ability to retaliate after a monthlong U.S.-Israeli bombing campaign but repeated claims that Iran’s military capabilities had been crippled, in his first public briefing on the war in nearly...

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