Press photographers have been barred from Defense Department briefings on the ongoing U.S.-Israeli military conflict with Iran after published photos of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth were deemed “unflattering.”
Exclusive: The Defense Department has barred photojournalists from briefings on the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran after they published photos of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that his staff deemed “unflattering,” according to two people familiar. https://t.co/G5Rr3y5k3E
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 11, 2026
From the Washington Post:
The March 2 briefing came days after a joint military strike on Iran that killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Feb. 28. It was also the first time the defense secretary had appeared at the briefing room podium since June 26.
Several outlets including the Associated Press, Reuters and Getty Images sent photographers to the briefing from Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
But after they published photos — which have broad reach because they are licensed by publications globally — members of Hegseth’s staff told colleagues that they did not like the way that the secretary looked.
Hegseth’s aides decided to shut out photographers from the two subsequent briefings at the Pentagon, on March 4 and March 10, according to the two people familiar with the decision.
Lordy, the ego…
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It’s been confirmed that the US bombed a girls school three times and killed almost 180 people, mostly schoolchildren, and they’re worried about “unflattering” images of Hegseth?
No words…
— Alejandra Gold (@alejandragold42) March 11, 2026
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