LIVE: US, Iran ratchet up rhetoric as carrier Lincoln forms in Middle East

Name: LIVE: US, Iran ratchet up rhetoric as carrier Lincoln forms in Middle East
Uploaded: 2026-01-27T06:33:54Z
Duration: 2 min 56 s
Description: USS Abraham Lincoln carrier’s arrival is ‘not going to affect Iran’s determination to defend the nation’, Tehran warns.

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Trump says 'US armada' moving towards Iran as tensions escalate

By Urooba Jamal and Jillian Kestler-D'Amours

President Donald Trump says in an interview the United States now has “a big armada next to Iran” but suggests Tehran’s leadership wants “to make a deal”.
Iranian authorities continue to warn of serious ramifications in case of US military strikes, as more people are arrested in connection with the deadly protests amid a lingering internet blackout.