Israel-Iran war, June 22 -- Hours after US pounded three of Iran's nuclear sites, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has now said that America "does not seek war" with Iran.

While addressing the press, Hegseth said that the strikes carried out under a mission named "Operation Midnight Hammer," was "not and has not been about regime change."

Meanwhile, JD Vance said in a television interview that while he would not discuss "sensitive intelligence about what we've seen on the ground," he felt "very confident that we've substantially delayed their development of a nuclear weapon."

Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said that the goal of the operation - destroying nuclear sites in Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan - had be...