Tehran endures ‘worst night of strikes’ amid mixed US messages about more to come

Hegseth follows Trump's suggestion war will soon be over by saying US will not stop until Iran decisively defeated'

Tehran residents say the Iranian capital has endured what they described as its worst night of aerial bombardment, as the US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, followed Donald Trump's suggestion on Monday the war could soon be over with a warning of more strikes to come.

We are under heavy bombardment and I can hear back-to-back explosions. The place they hit has caught fire. It's not clear where it exploded, but the buildings are shaking," Niloufar, who lives in east Tehran said early on Tuesday, speaking under a pseudonym for security reasons. They are destroying Iran," they added, saying there were low-flying jets above.