Tehran says the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group has moved more than 1,000 km after being attacked.
Iran claims it has forced the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group to move with new strikes, but Washington insists the warships are engaged in a regime-change operation against Tehran.
At a briefing on Thursday, Iranian military spokesman Ibrahim Zolfaghari said it was a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier. “Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy Targeted by Drones” While the warship was engaged in military operations near the Strait of Hormuz.
“It, along with its accompanying destroyers, has left the area and has so far moved more than 1,000 km from the area.” said the official.
Don Cain, the US chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, provided a conflicting account by saying that the strike group “Continues to exert pressure from the sea on the southeast side of the coast and has a naval capability of sufficient size and scale to address the required targets along the Straits and into the Arabian (Persian) Gulf.”
The US attacked Iran last Saturday, along with Israel, with the aim of toppling the government in Tehran. Iranian forces have retaliated by targeting Middle Eastern countries that host US military bases.
Both sides have expressed their determination to continue and have accused their opponents of misreporting the war, particularly contradicting statements about US military casualties. Iranian officials have claimed more than 500 American soldiers have been killed, but the Pentagon confirmed six casualties as of Wednesday, including one killed in a single attack on the Kuwaiti port of Shuaiba, and more are expected.
Speaking alongside Kane, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth blasted media coverage of American casualties “Fake News” It has been accused of losing the broader picture of US military dominance. “The press only wants to make the president look bad, but try to report the truth.” He said.
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Kuwait’s Ministry of Defense reported on Friday that 67 Kuwaiti military personnel have been injured since the war began.
U.S. political critics said President Donald Trump’s decision to attack Iran months before midterm elections was a gamble, given his campaign promise to keep the nation out of foreign wars.
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