A top US commander says strikes on the Iranian navy have "intensified".
Admiral Brad Cooper, head of US Central Command, said US forces had to date sunk more than 30 of Iran’s ships, including "an Iranian drone carrier ship roughly the size of a World War II aircraft carrier".
“And as we speak, it’s on fire,” Cooper said.
Speaking at US Central Command, which oversees the Middle East, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said the US is solely controlling the timeline of activities in Iran and will do so “as long as it takes to ensure the United States of America achieves” its objectives.
“We set the tempo,” he said. “We set the timeline led by the commander on the ground.”
Talking about US weapons stockpiles, Hegseth said “our munitions are full up and our will is ironclad".
“We have only just begun to fight and fight decisively,” he said.
Earlier this week, Hegseth said the war could go as long as eight weeks, the longest timeline given by the Trump administration thus far.
Iranian ambassador denies his country 'wants to talk' to US
Meanwhile, Iran is not engaged in any direct or indirect communication with the United States to bring an end to the widening war, Iran’s ambassador to Egypt told AP, denying comments by Trump that the country "wants to talk".
“That’s not true,” the ambassador, Mojtaba Ferdousi Pour, said. “I think that’s a very weak and inaccurate statement, and it’s not credible.”
He said a lack of trust makes any such engagement impossible after talks for a possible nuclear deal twice failed and ended with the war.
“There will be no trust in Trump,” he said.
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