India, Nov. 10 -- US secretary of war Pete Hegseth on Tuesday dismissed the impeachment move against him over alleged abuse of power during the Iran war, calling it a farce that was bound to fail.

Hegseth made the remarks at a news conference, a day after US Representative Thomas Massie, a Republican from Kentucky, introduced eight articles of impeachment against him.

Addressing the impeachment effort at his first Pentagon news conference since May, Hegseth said previous attempts to impeach US President Donald Trump had failed and added, "They will fail again."

"This is not patriotism. This is sabotage," he said.

Referring to the Iran war, Hegseth said, "I stand beside every one of these operations. I was proud to execute them, and I ...