US Navy Secretary John Phelan resigns as Iran’s naval blockade continues
Washington: Amid clouds of uncertainty over the ongoing tensions with Iran, the Pentagon on Wednesday (local time) announced that US Secretary of Navy John Phelan will leave the office "immediately". However, it didn't provide an explanation behind Phelan's sudden exit. "Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan is departing the administration, effective immediately," Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said in a statement on X (formerly Twitter). "On behalf of the Secretary of War and Deputy Secretary of War, we are grateful to Secretary Phelan for his service to the Department and the United States Navy." "We wish him well in his…