Pete Hegseth says 'Iran made a poor choice, now they pay'

Pete Hegseth says 'Iran made a poor choice, now they pay' After the US launched a third round of strikes against Iran on Sunday morning, Pete Hegseth, the US secretary of war, posted on X: "Iran made a poor choice. Now they pay. " The fresh escalation occurred after Iran's IRGC Navy said it attacked a container that was exiting the Strait of Hormuz through an unauthorised route and ignored its warnings.