The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln is on its way to the Middle East while additional air defenses are flowing into the region as well.

"Diplomacy is the best option we have; the alternatives are so unattractive," a senior Iranian official told Newsweek.

The Pentagon has been sending U.S. military assets into the Middle East, including an aircraft carrier group and its thousands of troops

Fears grow Trump will strike Iran after US moves ‘armada’ to Middle East - US military assets moved closer to Middle East while president threatened response that would make June attacks ‘look like pe

WASHINGTON — Abe will keep Iran honest! President Trump said he’s got an “armada” was sailing toward Iran — and he meant the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group. On Thursday, the commander-in-chief told reporters that “maybe we won’t have to use” the carrier strike group but that the US had “a lot of ships” going in Iran’s direction “just in case.

U.S. jet fighters have arrived in the region and an aircraft carrier is on its way.

By Michelle Nichols Jan 23 (Reuters) - Iran will treat any attack "as an all-out war against us," a senior Iranian official said on Friday, ahead of the arrival of a U.S. military aircraft carrier strike group and other assets in the Middle East in the coming days.

IRAN has issued a chilling threat to Donald Trump after he ordered a military armada towards the Ayatollah’s regime and warned that Washington was “watching”. The RAF has also