{"id":21666,"date":"2026-04-25T14:23:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T09:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=21666"},"modified":"2026-04-25T14:23:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T09:23:54","slug":"iran-has-historic-opportunity-for-deal-must-abandon-nuclear-program-says-us-defense-secretary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=21666","title":{"rendered":"Iran Has Historic Opportunity for Deal, Must Abandon Nuclear Program, Says US Defense Secretary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Washington: US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has stated that Iran has a historic opportunity to reach a deal and must abandon its nuclear program to move forward.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a press conference, he said that Iran still has a chance to make a wise and well-considered decision at the negotiation table, as the current situation requires a decisive step.<\/p>\n<p>The US Defense Secretary added that the situation now depends on Iran\u2019s response, and this is being viewed as a critical and historic opportunity for a deal.<\/p>\n<p>He further stated that the US naval blockade around Iranian waters is strengthening with each passing day, increasing pressure on Tehran.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, US General Dan Kane said that the United States is implementing a complete blockade of the Strait of Hormuz at all levels, adding that the crew of the seized Iranian vessel Tosca is safe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington: US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has stated that Iran has a historic opportunity to reach a deal and must abandon its nuclear program to move forward. Speaking at a press conference, he said that Iran still has a chance to make a wise and well-considered decision at the negotiation table, as the current situation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21667,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowgLK2DA:productID":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,46,37],"tags":[11175,149,11792,11975,11362,2493],"class_list":["post-21666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-latest","category-world","tag-global-tensions","tag-iran","tag-nuclear-program","tag-pete-hegseth","tag-strait-of-hormuz","tag-united-states"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21666"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21668,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21666\/revisions\/21668"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}