{"id":50286,"date":"2026-04-24T15:59:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T15:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/24\/hegseth-declares-victory-while-preparing-for-more-war-with-iran-politico\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T15:59:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T15:59:38","slug":"hegseth-declares-victory-while-preparing-for-more-war-with-iran-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/24\/hegseth-declares-victory-while-preparing-for-more-war-with-iran-politico\/","title":{"rendered":"Hegseth declares victory while preparing for more war with Iran &#8211; Politico"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiigFBVV95cUxNU2FlNHhJRXlmblk5WUFRNUZzTnl1UXFfcEsyTmFUcV9lR0hLM0JrRXltOWVqTXQtNE9qTmRCSUxhUEgtaGpwV2hYNTJ3Tm9CUFU3SHV3cUE0LU9KTXF4Ul9JYWJtbXhCd2lpZjlYWUk3V2Z4M1E3cWtKWERqZzhtZDZycVlqMjRRLVE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Hegseth declares victory while preparing for more war with Iran<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Politico<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisgFBVV95cUxNWkQzQXpoTkYtYjNKYU1xUWFVcGEzQlVuVktfZGVBM0pHU3dxMTNPME5WcmcyNkZ5YnZrd19UYm1lYmstaUZITUhZX1VaNktlY0NqRDdldHVlWHJ3MC1XU3loQXUxQnRwQ016U0Z5Uy1DLW1GY1ZmdWdfUlJsYXU0cmNWc2UzN0RMdk15S1hCZUJNOFNxTUx0LUN2bGdhZ2d4dkxBOE1aR2xQN2p4VzNpRVJR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Pentagon chief Hegseth says US blockade on Iran &#8216;going global&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Reuters<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilAFBVV95cUxObURzdmVOa2I3aDhMdjdYTURZTWZyYXJqdGMyUnRqbXREcF9VRGxJNDktY3doZE5oZFhabDBOV2tMTFFpZ3BpdFRXekZ4WWFhWWZHNnJOcUg3cmZRcElGbnlQSHB6TTg5a183azZTRGl5SHVSYl94S3FJeG9tLW5FamJjM3EtSUV6MjJPb0dwSEZhUVdQ0gGaAUFVX3lxTE9RNDhIbkxYN1poeWJBN2o3NGNWVDRVWUtodE16bWNZLWlJNVNXNGFwalJkMzhONWp6TUNUb0hodnYwVlFCd1VJSm9xMERHakIyOFNGeGUzQXN3eWpCalVtSHZqZ1RfclFSLXhmR1ctT2NMWjE2SElna3hOQWtIeWk5NUZ4M1RNTWlqOFR2clFwM3FTTG9qeEtVakE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">WATCH: Hegseth calls U.S. war in Iran a &#8216;gift to the world&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">PBS<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipwFBVV95cUxQOGxhSF96S0IyUU80Y3Q3Y0xIcUdKVDZBVnlLUmRReXljRmNFRW1oR21LYVdFSXBGWlJjbkRnY2FsMkFHZHZvYUFpLTZBZXBJUG81bFRCWXFEQzZHVXMxZEVFV1pZM0hlVVF1bVpJcU1pcmlHbG5jM0lpSU13X1lWUnNReGk2N0VmSWw3Q2FmMnplakVFWTFWaG5TbHhtRWhNZHlhX2Jvd9IBrAFBVV95cUxOdDk0SWc1VGpYYzZzdzRyZXE0OHlXQTV6clczSkp1MXFreWdMRjNXS1QtN1VhLXpqU2dYb1BYQnhONVNNX1RvWjh0Zm1LRVZQeDQtdncxQkxBVGIyZlVKUWxYN19nSGJ0Y0czc1VIekY2N0xwemhnblN1bVo1Sk53VXlHa0FOZDgxVldaMlJ6aDhoUUlnck1DdHUwcG94akNtc1REMzlaRm9rLTkt?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Hegseth warns Iran that US forces will \u2018shoot to destroy\u2019 any ships laying mines in Strait of Hormuz<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Fox News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisgFBVV95cUxQSnBqV1dNY25WbXRmWDlSM1ZQNlFkNUlhSGlWQUVBaXJvUndqeXdISXFBVDAtQjdSbWp0Y0RwZnNnRGlLak9ha0ltN3J0OGVxM01xX09PaS1FZUdUQWNqd2hPUlB4UExDN19qMUU2a1U2bERfcDB0VWNVZGFMZk4tYkQ5cjFydmd1UEFYN0V1R0MxN1p6RkdHejZiWkgxVmJWUG8wQ2VScHRQS21rLUVYMFRn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Hegseth Accuses Europe, Asia of \u2018Freeriding\u2019 Over Hormuz<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Bloomberg.com<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hegseth declares victory while preparing for more war with Iran&nbsp;&nbsp;Politico Pentagon chief Hegseth says US blockade on Iran &#8216;going global&#8217;&nbsp;&nbsp;Reuters WATCH: Hegseth calls U.S. war&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/24\/hegseth-declares-victory-while-preparing-for-more-war-with-iran-politico\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50286\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}