# When We Say Iran Will Not Have a Nuclear Weapon, We Mean It by Pete Hegseth > “When we say that Iran will not have a nuclear weapon, we actually mean it.” > **— Pete Hegseth**, *November 5, 2026 video message, excerpted in The Saturday Wrap-Up* ## Sources and Context - **Source dossier:** [[research/Colour Revolutions Versus American Citizen Builders|Colour Revolutions Versus American Citizen Builders]]. - **Direct publication or recording:** [recording, 02:50–02:57](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQkxXlYlF9U&t=170s). - **Editorial form:** The Reminder preserves the prepared contiguous quotation; punctuation and spoken disfluency treatment are recorded in the candidate map when applicable. - **Context and treatment:** Hegseth names Iran’s acquisition of a nuclear weapon as the prohibited outcome and emphasizes the administration’s asserted resolve; [recording, 02:50–02:57](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQkxXlYlF9U&t=170s). Direct contiguous sentence. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Collection:** [[collections/War With Empire|War With Empire]] - **Collection:** [[collections/American Infrastructure|American Infrastructure]] - **Collection:** [[collections/American|American Culture Collection]] - **Collection:** [[collections/The Politics of AI Infrastructure|The Politics of AI Infrastructure]] - **Article:** [[articles/war with empire/The Real No Kings Moment and Who Wrote the Super-intelligence Ban|Who Wrote the Super-intelligence Ban]] - **Article:** [[articles/Vertically Integrating an AI Superpower from AI Factory to Citizen|Vertically Integrating an AI Superpower from AI Factory to Citizen]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Pete Hegseth|Pete Hegseth]] - [[wiki/Deterrence|Deterrence]] - [[wiki/Colour Revolutions Versus American Citizen Builders|Colour Revolutions Versus American Citizen Builders]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “When we say that Iran will not have a nuclear weapon, we actually mean it.” — Pete Hegseth, November 5, 2026 video message, excerpted in The Saturday Wrap-Up https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-pete-hegseth-when-we-say-iran-will-not-have-a-nuclear-weapon-we-mean-it ```