Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Sunday morning that Iran faces a choice between a negotiated settlement or an escalating conflict with the U.S. after strikes hit three nuclear sites in the country on Saturday.

"Now is the time to come forward for peace," Hegseth told reporters at the Pentagon along with Joint Chiefs Chair Gen. Dan "Razin" Caine.

"And I think Tehran is certainly calculating the reality that planes flew from the middle of America and Missouri overnight, completely undetected over three of their most highly sensitive sites, and we were able to destroy nuclear capabilities," he added.

Caine said the damage assessment was ongoing but that all three nuclear sites targeted in the strikes sustained "severe damage and destruction." Trump on Saturday said the facilities had been "obliterated."

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