Iran hostage survivor says Trump 'absolutely' right to launch Operation Epic Fury, finally confront regime

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Kevin Hermening, a retired Marine and former Iran hostage, discusses the current conflict with Iran, his personal experience from 1979 and his run for Congress. Decades after being held hostage in Tehran, Kevin Hermening believes America has finally gotten Iran policy right. Hermening, a 20-year-old Marine sergeant at the time, was the youngest of the more than 50 Americans taken captive during the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis. They were held for 444 days in difficult conditions. The crisis followed the creation of the Islamic Republic and the overthrow of the shah. He is now praising President Donald Trump’s decisive action on Iran, warning the country cannot be allowed to obtain nuclear weapons. "I do believe that the president absolutely did the right thing for the first time in more than 40 years. In this case, to deny the Iranian regime in their