The US aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln Strike Group has entered Central Command in the Middle East, including Iran, US officials told CBS News.
The move comes after Iran issued a new warning on Monday, days after Iran’s Revolutionary Guards commander. warned of his power had “Put your finger on the trigger.” Meanwhile, US warships moved towards the area.
The strike group consisted of the aircraft carrier USS Lincoln, three guided missile destroyers, USS Frank E. Petersen Jr., USS Spruance, and USS Michael Murphy. Lincoln carries a squadron of F/A-18E/F Super Hornets, EA-18G Growlers, F-35C fighters, and MH-60R/S helicopters.
The Navy is not necessarily “garrisoned” as of Monday morning ET, meaning it is not in its intended final location.
President Trump said Thursday that the United States has a “massive fleet.” heading to iran He said he wanted to take action “just in case” but added: “Maybe we won’t have to use it.”
Mass Communication Specialist Sailor Angel Campbell/U.S. Navy, via AP 
Trump has repeatedly warned Iranian leaders against killing peaceful demonstrators, who began protests in late December in the biggest challenge to the country’s ruling regime in years. mass executions Number of people arrested during protests.
Nur News, a news agency close to Iran’s Supreme Council for National Security, reported on its Telegram channel over the weekend that General Mohammad Pakpour warned the United States and Israel “to avoid miscalculations.”
“The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and dear Iran are more ready than ever to hold the trigger to carry out the orders and instructions of the Commander-in-Chief,” Pakpour said, according to the Associated Press.
On Monday, Iranian Defense Ministry spokesman Gen. Reza Tarainiq warned Israel and the United States of any possible attack, saying they “will face a more painful and more decisive response than in the past.”