The US may have three aircraft carriers in the Middle East in the near future, officials told the newspaper. The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George HW Bush departed from Norfolk, Virginia, on Tuesday, the Navy announced. It may take several weeks for a unit to reach the Middle East.
USS Abraham Lincoln is in the Arabian Sea, and USS Gerald R. Ford, which participated in US-Israeli operations against Iran, is in a Croatian port undergoing repairs.
US President Donald Trump is considering further military options in Iran, and additional forces have been sent to the region. On Saturday, amid growing speculation about a possible attack by American ground forces on Iran, US Central Command announced that the USS Tripoli landing ship had reached the Middle East. It added that “transport and fighter planes, as well as landing and tactical means” are also ready.
Donald Trump on talks with Iran. “A new and more reasonable regime”
On Monday, the president wrote on Truth Social that Americans are “in serious talks with the NEW AND MORE REASONABLE REGIME (in Tehran) to end” hostilities in Iran. He later said that the Americans were talking to the speaker of the Iranian parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, and within a week it would be clear whether he wanted to cooperate with the United States.
Ghalibaf previously stated that Iranian forces were waiting for American troops to arrive on land to “set them on fire.” He believes the United States is planning a ground attack, despite publicly engaging in diplomatic efforts to end the war.
