Iran War News LIVE Update: New Attack on Tehran? US sends 9,000 troops to Middle East, aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt | Today’s news
Iran War News LIVE Updates: Is President Donald Trump Considering Possible New Attacks on Iran? About 9,000 U.S. sailors and Marines aboard a group of ships, including the carrier strike group Theodore Roosevelt and the Makin Island amphibious assault force, are heading to the Middle East as Washington expands its military presence around Iran, the Associated Press reported Thursday, citing a U.S. official.
The deployment could bring three U.S. aircraft carriers to the region by the end of October, the official told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. The carriers USS George HW Bush and USS George Washington are already in the region, along with the amphibious assault group USS Boxer.
With personnel already in the Middle East, the deployment would increase the US Navy’s presence to more than 20,000 sailors and marines, along with hundreds of aircraft, the report added.
“US Aims to Drain Iran’s Remaining Revenues”
The United States is targeting Iran’s remaining sources of revenue to further weaken its ability to finance military operations and activities abroad, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Thursday.
“The Iranian regime’s ability to fund its war machine and terrorize the world has been severely reduced by Operation Economic Outcast,” Bessent wrote, adding that the latest crackdown on Iran’s industrial sector was intended to help the United States and its partners “drain the regime’s revenues once and for all.”
Bessent’s post on X cited a Treasury Department post saying the department is targeting some of the last major elements of Iran’s industrial infrastructure, including its rail and auto conglomerates, which the department says have been co-opted by the Islamic Republic and the IRGC.
Trump warns Iran of a “very tough” response if it confirms the Flydubai tie-up
US President Donald Trump warned on Thursday that Iran would face a “very tough” US response if investigators prove Tehran was behind the Flydubai incident.
“Oh, they’re going to be hit, very hard, don’t worry,” Trump said when asked what would happen if the Iranian connection was confirmed. “Just ask them. They know what happened. They will be hit very hard.”
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