It's been military pressure and strength from President Trump that's compelled Iran to this deal, which will be performance-based when it's signed.
Pete Hegseth
The Public Record
U.S. Secretary of Defense in the Trump administration; Army National Guard veteran and former Fox News host.
The blockade has been a devastating success for us and impact on the Iranians.
Well, what- Margaret, what I would say the president's been most clear about is that Iran will never have a nuclear weapon, never. Full stop.
The document says Iran will never have a nuclear weapon, won't seek one, won't buy one, won't have one.
So the huge difference is we did this from a position of strength, President Trump led with military might, that military might will stay as long as necessary.
This is not a- the JCPOA was a path to a bomb, what this deal will be, will be a wall to a bomb, and that was the objective from the beginning, very clear from the beginning.
If Iran wants this to hold, they need to – they need to pull back Hezbollah, no doubt.
If Iran does not want to comply, then they can deal with the War Department again, which we'd rather not have to do.
we did this from a position of strength, President Trump led with military might, that military might will stay as long as necessary.
we can snap that blockade back at any point, and they can't do anything about it, and Iran knows that.
Nobody makes better and more munitions than the United States of America, and we are open to co-production wherever we can.
this deal, as we talk about aspects of the deal, some of which have come up publicly, are totally wrong. It is- it's performance-based.