Trump says US ‘armada’ heading to Iran, raising pressure on regime

Last week, the Pentagon ordered the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln and three Tomahawk-missile-firing destroyers in the South China Sea to head to the Middle East, according to two US officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss operational matters. The Air Force in the past week also sent a dozen F-15E fighters to the region to strengthen strike aircraft numbers, according to the officials. Major General Ali Abdollahi Aliabadi, a commander in Iran’s Khatam-al Anbiya Central Headquarters, said Thursday that any attack on the country would “turn all U.S. interests, bases and centers of influence” into targets, according…