Defense secretary to be quizzed by lawmakers on Senate armed services committee after bad-tempered session in House yesterday Sign up for the Breaking News US email Defense secretary to be quizzed by lawmakers on Senate armed services committee after bad-tempered session in House yesterday Sign up for the Breaking News US email A message from Iran’s supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei will shortly be released on the occasion of “national Persian Gulf day“, the country’s state media said on Thursday.