Hegseth provides update on negotiations: “They’re coming in our direction”

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Saturday the U.S. was finding success in negotiations with Iran following the president’s meeting at the White House yesterday.

“Iran knows very, very clearly what our expectations are, and that’s on the negotiating team to deliver,” Hegseth said. “They’re coming in our direction. The talks have been productive. I think they know where it needs to go, and I’m quite confident with our president, who makes nothing but great deals, that ultimately it’ll be something he’s proud to defend.”

Hegseth also provided some insight into the snags with the negotiations, saying some discussions have centered around how Iran should be prevented from getting a nuclear weapon “as technology develops.”

“Given the innovation capabilities in the United States of America, we also want to maintain an advantage and ensure that we can utilize that advantage responsibly as well,” Hegseth said. “It’s emblematic of that competing tension, guardrails conversations are productive between two strong countries, but it’s also our job to run the fastest, and certainly at the War Department we’re trying to do everything we can to maintain that advantage.”