Report: The US Secretary of Defense sought to invest in arms companies before the Iran war
newspaper reported "Financial Times" That a financial intermediary working for the US Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, sought to invest huge sums of money in major arms companies days before the outbreak of The Iranian War, while the Pentagon denied the validity of this report.
The British newspaper reported, on Tuesday, that Hegseth’s intermediary in a bank "Morgan Stanley" The giant contacted the company "Black Rock" Last February regarding investing millions of dollars in its stock-traded fund.
BlackRock data shows that the fund, whose assets amount to about $3.1 billion, includes companies such as "RTX Corp" Previously known as "Raytheon"and"Lockheed Martin"and"Northrop Grumman" Among his largest investments.
According to London Stock Exchange data, this fund decreased by 12.4% during the past month, that is, almost coinciding with the start of the Iranian war.
She added "Financial Times" The investment discussed by Hegseth’s broker ultimately did not take place, as the fund was not available to clients "Morgan Stanley" To buy at that time. It was also not known whether the broker had found another defense-related investment.
On the other hand, Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell denied the report. "Financial Times" In a post on the website "X"describing it as "Totally false and made up"and demanded that the newspaper withdraw the article.
Parnell said that neither Hegseth nor any of his representatives had contacted BlackRock about any such investment. He added: "This is another baseless and misleading smear campaign aimed at misleading public opinion"
The American war against Iran has currently entered its fifth week, and the conflict does not appear to show any signs of abating, while US Marine forces have arrived in the region, and a newspaper reported. "The Washington Post" That the Pentagon "Preparing for weeks of ground operations in Iran"
Trump also said on Monday that the United States will be destroyed "Completely" Power plants, oil wells and Iran’s Khark Island if The Strait of Hormuz is of strategic importance "Immediately" No peace agreement was reached "almost".
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