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03.02.26 - 17:36
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Iran Says US Carrier Has Retreated Near Yemen, Opening Door To Diplomacy (ZeroHedge)
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Iran Says US Carrier Has Retreated Near Yemen, Opening Door To Diplomacy
Iran's Fars news has said that the US aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln has retreated near Yemen, opening room for the pursuit of diplomacy in hopes of staving off military confrontation between Washington and Tehran.
The report says that the large nuclear-powered carrier had "withdrawn" about 1,400 kilometers (870 miles) from the port city of Chabahar in southern Iran, and that is now operating near the Gulf of Aden, east of Yemen's Socotra Island; however, the Pentagon had not immediately confirmed this.
Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, via US Navy
The carrier group reportedly has several accompanying destroyers and submarines, as is standard when operating in an active deployment, especially in the Central Command (CENTCOM) area.
US envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi are expected to meet on Friday in Istanbul to discuss a possible nuclear deal, according to ...
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