Hegseth: US to bomb 'key facilities' in Iran on Wednesday

MACDILL AIR FORCE ‌BASE, Florida, June ​10 (Reuters) - ​U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said U.S. forces would carry out orders from President ‌Donald Trump and hit Iran hard on Wednesday ⁠by bombing "key facilities."

Speaking to reporters after being briefed by commanders at ‌the U.S. Central Command ‌headquarters in Florida, Hegseth said Iran had been given a chance to make a deal but had ​not taken it.

"We will hit them hard on our terms on the targets that improve the ⁠environment for us to operate in and undermine the capabilities that Iran wants ​to have," Hegseth said.

Hegseth spoke after Trump said that the United States would strike Iran ​again if no peace deal ‌is secured, threatening further escalation following one of the most significant exchanges of hostilities ⁠in two months.

"As President Trump said, they've been tap, tap, tapping," Hegseth said, referring to Iran.

"You can see when ⁠someone's trying to tap, tap, tap on a deal, instead they're ​going to have tap, tap, tap bombs dropping on key facilities in Iran from the United States of America."

He accused Iran ‌of "choosing to play games" and added: "If we need to negotiate with bombs, we'll negotiate ‌with bombs, and we're very good at it."

(Reporting by ⁠Phil Stewart, Daphne Psaledakis ‌and David Brunnstrom, ​Writing by Christian Martinez and David Brunnstrom; editing by Michelle Nichols, Don Durfee and Deepa ‌Babington)

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