US Secretary of War Hegseth: No time frame to the Iran operation

Source Fxstreet

United States (US) Secretary of War Pete Hegseth claimed that he would never put a time frime to the Iran operation, saying he is worried that Iran has long-range strike capabilities that can hit the tactical operations center, causing US casualties at a Pentagon press conference on Monday.

Key takeaways

Iran has long-range strike capabilities.

Would never hang a time frame on Iran operation.

It won't happen overnight, this is a big battle space.

it will take time to conduct battle damage assessment.

Iranian weapons hit tactical operations center, causing US casualties.

No US boots on ground in Iran.

United States not ruling out any options in war in Iran, adding we fight to win.

Trump has latitude to say what time frame of Iran operation could be.

US will stand shoulder to shoulder with allies."

US Dollar Price Today

The table below shows the percentage change of US Dollar (USD) against listed major currencies today. US Dollar was the strongest against the Swiss Franc.

USD EUR GBP JPY CAD AUD NZD CHF
USD 0.95% 0.67% 0.85% 0.27% 0.77% 1.01% 1.16%
EUR -0.95% -0.28% -0.15% -0.67% -0.18% 0.06% 0.21%
GBP -0.67% 0.28% 0.13% -0.39% 0.11% 0.34% 0.49%
JPY -0.85% 0.15% -0.13% -0.54% -0.04% 0.19% 0.35%
CAD -0.27% 0.67% 0.39% 0.54% 0.51% 0.73% 0.89%
AUD -0.77% 0.18% -0.11% 0.04% -0.51% 0.24% 0.39%
NZD -1.01% -0.06% -0.34% -0.19% -0.73% -0.24% 0.15%
CHF -1.16% -0.21% -0.49% -0.35% -0.89% -0.39% -0.15%

The heat map shows percentage changes of major currencies against each other. The base currency is picked from the left column, while the quote currency is picked from the top row. For example, if you pick the US Dollar from the left column and move along the horizontal line to the Japanese Yen, the percentage change displayed in the box will represent USD (base)/JPY (quote).

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