Fox News host Pete Hegseth urged Iran to “come back to the table for talks on their nuclear capabilities" in an interview on Wednesday.

Hegseth, a former Navy SEAL and "Fox & Friends Weekend" host, said Iran should come back to nuclear talks "limping and begging, not seething," following the U.S. airstrike that killed Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani.





Hegseth was once considered a top contender to run the Department of Veterans Affairs under Trump.

He first joined Fox News as a contributor in 2014.