Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said Tuesday that the ceasefire between Iran and the United States is still in place, despite reports of both countries firing upon each other in limited cases.
Reagan Reese, White House correspondent for the Daily Caller, questioned Hegseth about the status of the ceasefire, saying, “In the last 24 hours or so, Iran’s fired at us, we fired at Iran. I’m just going to ask you more directly, is the ceasefire over?”
“No, the ceasefire is not over,” Hegseth shot back. “Ultimately, this is a separate and distinct project. And we expected there would be some — churn at the beginning, which happened. And we said we would defend, and defend aggressively, and we absolutely have. Iran knows that.”
Hegseth was referring toProject Freedom, an operation authorized by President Donald Trump to clear the Strait of Hormuz in an effort to increase shipping and ease rising energy prices.
“Ultimately, the president’s going to make a decision whether anything were to escalate into a violation of a ceasefire,” the secretary continued. “But certainly, we would urge Iran to be prudent in the actions that they take to keep that underneath this threshold.”
Hegseth added, “This is about the straits, this is about freedom of navigation, this is about international waterways. This is about free flow of commerce, all the things that happened before, and only Iran is contesting. So right now, the ceasefire certainly holds, but we’re going to be watching very, very closely.”
“No, the ceasefire is not over,”@SecWartells me.
He adds to@DailyCallerthat Project Freedom is a “separate and distinct project” and they expected some “churn” in the beginning.pic.twitter.com/IlOhviJZPk
— Reagan Reese (@reaganreese_)May 5, 2026
Iran opened fire on American warships in the Middle East Monday, and the U.S. quickly hit back, destroying six Iranian small boats,according to U.S. Central Commandleader Adm. Brad Cooper.
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