New Delhi, April 8 -- United States and Iran have agreed to a two-week ceasefire, an agreement that was struck at the eleventh hour before the '8pm deadline' that US President Donald Trump set over the weekend. US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine lay out the next phase of the operation.

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"Had Iran refused our terms, the next targets would have been their power plants, their bridges and oil and energy infrastructure," Hegseth said.

Hegseth warned that "we stand ready in the background to ensure that Iran upholds" the terms.

"We're going to make sure Iran complies with this ceasefire and then ultimately co...