Iran's supreme leader issued a veiled threat in the same speech he stated, 'no one is seeking war,' saying it wouldn't be difficult for the Islamic Republic to enrich uranium to weapons-grade levels amid rising tensions with the U.S., state media reported.
The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group transits the Suez Canal in Egypt on May 9. The strike group is deploying to the Persian Gulf to respond to an unspecified threat from Iran.
The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, meanwhile, ordered all nonessential, non-emergency government staff on Wednesday to leave Iraq immediately amid escalating tensions with Iran. Washington did not publicly provide any evidence to back up claims of an increased threat from Tehran.Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's comments late Tuesday came after Yemen's Houthi rebels launched a coordinated drone attack on a critical oil pipeline in Saudi Arabia.
The United States also is deploying an aircraft carrier strike group and B-52 bombers into the region in response to the still-unspecified Iran threat, further ramping up tensions a year after President Trump withdrew America from Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers. He reportedly told senior officials that his country won't negotiate with the United States, calling such talks"poison." But he also said,"Neither we, nor them is seeking war. They know that it is not to their benefit."
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