{"id":77161,"date":"2026-04-24T11:11:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T11:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/hegseth-and-caine-holding-news-conference-on-iran-war-as-ceasefire-grinds-on-but-tension-swirls-in-strait-of-hormuz\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T11:11:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T11:11:42","slug":"hegseth-and-caine-holding-news-conference-on-iran-war-as-ceasefire-grinds-on-but-tension-swirls-in-strait-of-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/hegseth-and-caine-holding-news-conference-on-iran-war-as-ceasefire-grinds-on-but-tension-swirls-in-strait-of-hormuz\/","title":{"rendered":"Hegseth and Caine holding news conference on Iran war, as ceasefire grinds on but tension swirls in Strait of Hormuz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The U.S. military&#8217;s top uniformed and top civilian officials will take questions from the press on <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/us-iran-tensions\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">the Iran war<\/a><\/span> Friday morning, as a weeks-long U.S.-Iran ceasefire <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/iran-war-trump-video-strait-of-hormuz-ship-attack-ceasefire-lebanon\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">remains in place<\/a><\/span> \u2014 but with both sides ratcheting up their competition for control over shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<p>Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, are holding a news conference at 8 a.m. ET. They have jointly addressed reporters several times since Operation Epic Fury began in late February.<\/p>\n<p>While fighting between the U.S. and Iran is paused, American forces have imposed a blockade on Iranian ports at President Trump&#8217;s direction, turning around <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CENTCOM\/status\/2047339601337963008\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">over 30 ships<\/a> so far, according to U.S. Central Command. Meanwhile, Iran has sought to control shipping traffic through the strait, claiming Thursday it had <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/iran-war-trump-video-strait-of-hormuz-ship-attack-ceasefire-lebanon\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">collected its first toll revenue<\/a><\/span>\u00a0at the waterway, a strategically important chokepoint that normally carries one-fifth of the world&#8217;s oil.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tensions have grown in recent days, as the two countries carry out tit-for-tat interdictions of vessels. The U.S. <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/iran-war-us-forces-board-iranian-linked-vessel-indian-ocean\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">intercepted<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/us-iran-war-trump-ceasefire-pakistan-peace-talks-ultimatum\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">and boarded a pair of<\/a><\/span> Iran-linked oil tankers, and Iran has <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/iran-war-trump-video-strait-of-hormuz-ship-attack-ceasefire-lebanon\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">attacked and allegedly boarded<\/a><\/span> at least two cargo ships in the strait.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Iran&#8217;s Revolutionary Guards released an edited video Thursday that the corps claimed shows masked commandos zipping toward two cargo ships and climbing aboard. The Philippine government <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/iran-war-trump-video-strait-of-hormuz-ship-attack-ceasefire-lebanon\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">said<\/a><\/span> 15 Filipino seafarers aboard vessels that were seized by Iran were &#8220;safe and unharmed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Trump said Thursday the U.S. has &#8220;total control&#8221; over the Strait of Hormuz. He also <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116454087460626531\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">directed the military<\/a> to &#8220;shoot and kill&#8221; any Iranian vessels that try to place mines in the waterway.<\/p>\n<p>Shipping traffic in the strait remains well below pre-war levels.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, the president <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-extending-ceasefire-in-iran-indefinitely-until-discussions-are-concluded\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">extended the two-week ceasefire with Iran indefinitely<\/a><\/span>, offering more time for what he described as a severely fractured Iranian leadership to make a deal with his administration. Mr. Trump told reporters Thursday that he will resume bombing Iran if it doesn&#8217;t come to the negotiating table, but he&#8217;s not in a hurry.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want to make the best deal. I could make a deal right now,&#8221; he said during an Oval Office event, later adding: &#8220;I don&#8217;t want to rush myself.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon was extended by three weeks on Thursday following White House talks between envoys for the two countries. Lebanon could play a key role in any resolution of the Iran conflict due to Israel&#8217;s campaign against Iranian proxy group Hezbollah. Iran had pushed for Israel to pause fighting Hezbollah in Lebanon as part of a ceasefire.<\/p>\n<p>This week has also been marked by upheaval at the Pentagon, as Navy Secretary John Phelan <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/john-phelan-out-navy-secretary\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">left his post<\/a><\/span> at Mr. Trump and Hegseth&#8217;s direction. The president told reporters Thursday that Phelan is a &#8220;wonderful guy&#8221; but had trouble getting along with others.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s a hard charger, and he had some conflicts with some other people,&#8221; Mr. Trump said. &#8220;Got to get along, especially in the military.&#8221;<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"chartbeat\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  component--type-recirculation-collection\">\n<div class=\"component__item-recirc-block\">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">Go deeper with The Free Press<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/hegseth-caine-news-conference-iran-war-ceasefire-lebanon-israel-hormuz-4-23\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. military&#8217;s top uniformed and top civilian officials will take questions from the press on the Iran war Friday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":77162,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1528,373],"class_list":["post-77161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-iran","tag-pete-hegseth"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Hegseth and Caine holding news conference on Iran war, as ceasefire grinds on but tension swirls in Strait of Hormuz - World News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. 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