The US deploys a carrier strike group to the Middle East in response to troubling indications and warnings from Iran.
"The United States is deploying the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group and a bomber task force to the US Central Command region to send a clear and unmistakable message to the Iranian regime that any attack on United States interests or on those of our allies will be met with unrelenting force," Mr Bolton said.
While it is not rare for the United States to have aircraft carriers in the Middle East, Mr Bolton's language could increase tensions. The main points in the 2015 deal aimed at curbing Tehran's nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief. The threat late last month from the IRGC to close the Strait of Hormuz followed a US announcement that it would end exemptions granted last year to eight buyers of Iranian oil and demand they stop purchases by May 1 or face sanctions.A senior Trump administration official said at the time that any aggressive move by Iran in the strait would be unjustified and unacceptable.
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