Secretary of War Pete Hegseth told a press conference today that an Iranian leader who tried to assassinate President Donald Trump has been killed.

Speaking about updates in the Iran War this morning in the Pentagon,Hegseth mentioned the drones and rockets shot down by US troops and bragged about American firepower.

He said: ‘Yesterday,the leader of the unit who attempted to assassinate President Trump was hunted down and killed.

‘Iran tried to kill President Trump,and President Trump got the last laugh.’

Hegseth also said the US would ‘avenge’ the four servicemen and women who were killed by Iranian drones and rockets.

He went on to say the mission is not ‘accomplished’,but cited how a US military submarine sank an Iranian warship that ‘thought it was safe in international waters’.

Hegseth added: ‘This was never meant to be a fair fight,and it’s not a fair fight… they’re going down.

‘More and larger waves are coming; we are just getting started.’

A map showed the strikes which have hit Iran (Picture: AP)

Hegseth spoke at the Pentagon this morning (Picture: AP)

The death toll in Iran has reached over 1,000 people (Picture: AFP)

The death toll in Iran from the ongoing war with the United States and Israel has reached at least 1,045 people,an Iranian government agency said on Wednesday.

Iran’s Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs offered the toll,saying it represented the number of bodies so far identified and prepared for burial.

Meanwhile,the United States and Israel hit Tehran and other cities in multiple airstrikes on the fifth day of the war with Iran.

Israel targeted the Iranian leadership and security forces as the Islamic Republic responded with missile barrages and drone attacks on Israel and across the region.

Tehran residents woke to dawn blasts,and Iranian state television showed the ruins of a building in the centre of the capital. The Shiite seminary city of Qom and multiple other cities were also targeted.

The Israeli military said one of its F-35 stealth fighter jets shot down a piloted Iranian Air Force YAK-130 fighter over Tehran on Wednesday.