India, March 7 -- Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, has said the United States could achieve its objectives in Operation Epic Fury against Iran within four to six weeks.

"Just six days in, the retaliatory ballistic missile strikes from Iran are now down 90 percent," she said.

Leavitt also claimed that Iran-backed groups in the region were showing limited resistance.

"We've seen Hezbollah and the Houthis hardly putting up a fight over the course of the last six days," she added.

"As for the future of Iran. it's in the best interest of the United States of America for Iran to no longer be led by a radical terrorist regime," she said.

Leavitt also said that Donald Trump was taking an interest in the question of Iran's f...