Reuters - The U.S. aircraft carrier strike group Abraham Lincoln sailed through the vital Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, U.S. officials told Reuters, amid simmering tensions between Iran and the United States. Tensions in the Persian Gulf have risen since attacks on oil tankers this summer, including off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, and ...

RT - Talking with Washington is akin to talking with the devil, a senior official with Irans Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said, downplaying the US military presence in the region as the weakest in history. Negotiating with the devil, the Quran says, bears no fruit,the deputy commander of the IRGC, Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi,said, as cited ...

FNA - Lieutenant Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Brigadier General Ali Fadavi underlined that the US is in its weakest position in the Middle-East now, saying that Washington does not dare to dispatch one of its aircraft carriers to the Persian Gulf and has kept it near the Indian Ocean. "The Americans are at present in the ...

AP | Jon Gambrell: Ordered by the White House to the Persian Gulf, the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier has become a 100,000-ton barometer of the tensions between Iran and the U.S. So far, the Lincoln and its accompanying ships have yet to enter the gulf through the Strait of Hormuz. It has been filmed by the U.S. Navy on Friday carrying out exercises ...

Express.co.uk - BRITISH SPECIAL FORCES have been flown into the Middle East as part of a secret contingency operation to counter potential Iranian attacks on UK merchant shipping transiting the narrow waters of the Persian Gulf. It follows a ratcheting of tension in the region, with the US deploying an aircraft carrier strike group and B-52 bombers ...

Press TV - Spain has withdrawn its frigate with 215 sailors on board from the MiddleEast-bound strike group, led by an American aircraft carrier, as tensions heighten between the United States and Iran. Spanish Defense Ministry sources told El Pais that Acting Minister Margarita Robleshad ordered the temporary measure ofwithdrawal ofthe frigate Mendez ...

AP The U.S. Embassy in Iraq is advising U.S. citizens against traveling to the country amid what it called heightened tensions, reflecting worsening strains between Washington and Tehran. The advisory was posted on Twitter on Sunday night. The U.S. has long advised its citizens against travel to Iraq, but the renewed warning followed Washingtons ...

Press TV - Israel's energyminister has warned of serious risks to Israel's securityin case tensions between Iran and the United States increase. The US has recently deployed an aircraft carrier and bombers in the Persian Gulf, with the administration of President Donald Trumpstrying to increase economic pressure on Tehran. Things are heating ...

LobeLog | Ellie Geranmayeh: The strings holding the Iran nuclear deal together are gradually snapping. Ever since the Trump administration came to power, the agreement has deteriorated. The U.S. withdrawal dealt it a major blow. A year on, the remaining parties to the deal are in an uphill battle to salvage it following unprecedented U.S. sanctions ...

Tasnim An Irish political commentator described the deployment of the USS Abraham Lincoln and a bomber task force to the Middle East as a violation of international law, adding that the carrier group had already been assigned to a routine naval patrol in the Persian Gulf weeks ago. The deployment of such a large military force in such an aggressive ...

AP Iranian authorities shut down a reformist magazine that had urged negotiations with the United States, local media reported Sunday. The weekly magazine Seda was handed a suspension order Saturday by a court in Tehran, the reformist newspaper Arman reported. Sedas most recent front page had shown a U.S. aircraft carrier fleet and the caption ...

Reuters - The United States military presence in thePersian Gulf used to be a serious threat but now it is an opportunity, a senior commander of Irans elite Revolutionary Guards said on Sunday, according to the Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA). An aircraft carrier that has at least 40 to 50 planes on it and 6000 forces gathered within it was ...

MNA Member of Iranian Parliament Mahmoud Sadeghi has reacted to the deployment of US warships and interceptors in the Persian Gulf region, saying Washington should draw a lesson from its previous failed operations in Iran. In a Friday tweet, Sadeghi addressed the troops on USS Abraham Lincoln carrier, which has recently entered the Persian Gulf ...

Sputnik - The commander's remark comes as the Pentagon deployed more warships and Patriot interceptors to the US Central Command region, a move that followed National Security Adviser John Bolton announcing the deployment of the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group to the region to contain what Washington sees as a threat from Iran. Speaking ...

Reuters - Irans rial currency extended its fall on Tuesday, hovering around a seven-month low against the U.S. dollar, foreign exchange websites said, as tensions rose and Washington said it was sending an aircraft carrier and bombers to the region. The rial plunged to 154,000 to the dollar on the unofficial market on Tuesday, compared to 150,500 ...

Reuters - Unpopularity in the Middle East is the cause of U.S. safety concerns, not Iran, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Twitter on Tuesday, after Washington said it was sending a carrier strike group and bombers to the region. U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton said on Sunday the United States was deploying the Abraham ...

Bourse and Bazaar | AFP: Fears of conflict rose Monday as the United Statesvowed to send a message to Iran by deploying an aircraft carrier strike group,amid a report that Tehran would scale back commitments under a nuclear dealafter mounting pressure by President Donald Trump. Patrick Shanahan, the acting US defense secretary, said he approved thedeployment ...

The Guardian | Simon Tisdall: Frustration in Washington at its failing foreign policies could be a factor in growing pressure John Boltons sudden, unexplained threat to use unrelenting force against Tehran has raised US-Iran tensions to a new high. But its impact is not confined to these two countries. Like a lethal poison, their mutual enmity is ...

Tasnim The spokesman for Irans Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) hit back at US National Security Adviser John Bolton over his remarks against the Islamic Republic, saying he lacks military and security understanding. "Bolton lacks military and security understanding and his remarks are mostly aimed at attracting attention, Keyvan Khosravi ...

Reuters - The Trump administration is deploying a carrier strike group and bombers to the Middle East in response to troubling indications and warnings from Iran and to show the United States will retaliate with unrelenting force to any attack, national security adviser John Bolton said on Sunday. With tensions already high between Washington and ...