The US expects full control of the Iranian skies in the next few hours | Top 5 Quotes From White House Briefing | World news


4 minutes of readingUpdated: Mar 5, 2026 01:04 am IST

Amid escalating tensions in the Middle East, the United States firmly declared that it will have “complete and total dominion” over Iranian skies in the coming hours. Hours after US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said US defense forces have spared “no expense or capability” to protect their citizens and allies in the Middle East, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt assured full control over the skies over Tehran.

While praising US President Donald Trump, Leavitt said that unlike his predecessors, the Republican leader does not bluster. US officials have time and again criticized former US President Barack Obama for his peace negotiations with Iran.

These are the top five things Leavitt said during the press conference:

‘Complete and total dominance over Iranian airspace’

“We look forward to having complete and total dominance over Iranian airspace in the coming hours, clearing the skies for our brave warriors to continue achieving these noble and long-sought objectives,” he said. Iran has been on a series of attacks against US allies in the Middle East, especially Gulf nations, targeting US assets and defense infrastructure.

‘Trump doesn’t brag’

Leavitt, who assured the United States of resounding success in the war, defended Trump, saying he refrained from choosing diplomacy in favor of an attack “backed by the world’s most powerful warriors.” times since This podium for all of you over the past year: President Trump does not bluster,” he added.

‘He intends to assist in the dignified transfer of murdered American troops’

Citing the loss of six American soldiers in the Iranian attacks on the port of Shoaiba in Kuwait, Leavitt said they are ready for a dignified transfer of the bodies. “President Trump intends to assist in the dignified transfer of these American heroes so they can share their pain with their families,” Leavitt said. Additionally, he said the Pentagon was still working to schedule the dignified transfer, which is the official transfer of the remains of fallen U.S. troops back to the United States at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware.

“Iran refused to say yes to peace”

Furthermore, defending Trump, who is in the biggest diplomatic stake, Leavitt harshly criticized Iran for its need to have a “nuclear weapon.” Iran “refused to say yes to peace, and its refusal made clear that its number one priority was to build a nuclear weapon with which to threaten the United States of America,” he said. “Iran rejected the path of peace because the terrorists in charge of this regime wanted to build nuclear weapons to use against Americans and our allies,” Leavitt added. It should be noted that Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, who was killed in the US-Israel attack, had denied that Tehran was building a bomb and reiterated that weapons of mass destruction are prohibited under Islam.

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‘It’s not something the military does’: White House on murder of students in southern Iran

When asked about the attack on a girls’ primary school in southern Iran, Leavitt attributed the attack to propaganda, but did not rule it out. When reporters raised the question of whether the United States was behind the attack, which Iranian state media said killed more than 100 people in Minab, Leavitt said: “Not that we know of.” Leavitt said the United States was attacking the “Iranian rebel regime,” which she said “uses propaganda quite effectively and, unfortunately, many people in this room have fallen for that propaganda.”

“So I would caution them not to blame the United States of America when it comes to attacking civilians, because that is not something these military does,” Leavitt said.

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