# Former US defense secretary: Iran has found its ‘nuclear option’

https://mins.news/en/video/53919

- Fox News, 2026-09-11 02:30 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DSGBH0MVqk

> Former U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper discusses the Houthis’ possible disruption of traffic in the Strait of Hormuz and the current state of the U.S.-Iran conflict.

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