Pentagon Says Iran Ceasefire ‘Not Over’

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine said that Iranian attacks were below the threshold of ’major combat operations.'

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., on April 24, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

War Secretary Pete Hegseth said on May 5 that the ceasefire with Iran remains in force despite events in the Persian Gulf in recent days.

At a Pentagon briefing, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine said a series of Iranian attacks were below the threshold of “major combat operations.”