Hegseth: US tightens Iran blockade

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has declared the US naval blockade of Iran is tightening by the hour, asserting total control over the situation. He stated that nothing is entering or leaving Iran, and described the damaged Iranian military, particularly the IRGC, as 'a group of pirates with a flag.' Hegseth accused the regime of hiding aggression behind slogans and claimed the world now sees them as 'criminals on the high seas.' This rhetoric reinforces the Trump administration's hardline stance and the expanding global enforcement of the blockade.