{
  "id": 14577023,
  "title": "Hegseth heckled as he vows to stop Iran having nukes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/hegseth-heckled-as-he-vows-to-stop-iran-having-nukes",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-15T00:56:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Economic Times",
    "slug": "the-economic-times",
    "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/hegseth-vows-to-stop-iran-getting-nuclear-weapons-as-anti-war-protesters-disrupt-speech/articleshow/134954921.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On Wednesday at the Association of the US Army meeting in Washington, DC, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth warned against Iran acquiring nuclear weapons, facing interruptions from anti-war protesters. The demonstrators, shouting slogans like \"Iran will never have a nuclear weapon\" and referring to him as a \"war criminal,\" interrupted the discussion multiple times, seeking to halt Hegseth's remarks. Despite the disruptions, Hegseth maintained that the right to protest was fundamental, but the Association of the US Army disagreed, stating that the protesters' behavior violated the code of conduct. Meanwhile, the US Central Command announced that American forces had destroyed an Iranian-affiliated vessel in the Gulf of Oman, claiming it was conducting surveillance and targeting US Navy ships. Iran's IRGC Navy disputed this, reporting a different incident involving a container ship that struck a naval mine and sank in the Strait of Hormuz.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [
    "Secretary Pete Hegseth warned against Iran getting nuclear weapons at US Army meeting",
    "Anti-war protesters heckled Hegseth, called him a war criminal",
    "US Central Command says they destroyed Iranian-affiliated vessel in Gulf of Oman"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}