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. All eyes are now set on the Operation Epic Fury press conference in Washington, where US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, alongside Chairman Caine is expected to lay out the next phase of the operation.

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16:43 IST

Hegseth said that the military was "hanging around" as the ceasefire is underway.

"We'll be hanging around, we're not going anywhere," he said.

16:39 IST

Hegseth says:

"For now, for now, [the Pentagon] has done its part"

"We stand ready in the backgrou...