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US President Donald Trump said onMonday that Iran is seeking negotiations, as the United States deploys a largenaval force to the Middle East.
Trump told Axios that Washingtonnow has a “big armada next to Iran, bigger than Venezuela,” referring to theUSS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group, which entered the US Central Commandarea on January 26. However, he did not make a final decision on military action.
Meanwhile, The Wall Street Journal,citing US officials, reported that Washington has also deployed fighter jets toa base in Jordan and transferred additional air and missile defense systems tothe region to protect US forces and allies from “potential Iranian retaliation.”
Washington previously weighedstrikes following Iran’s response to protests that erupted in December 2025,before opting to delay and reinforce US military posture instead. Rights groupHuman Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) estimated more than 5,000 deaths andtens of thousands of arrests during the unrest, figures that remain difficultto independently verify due to prolonged internet disruptions.
Iranian officials, includingForeign Minister Abbas Araghchi, have expressed readiness to negotiate but havenot accepted US demands, which include removing all enriched uranium, limitinglong-range missile development, ending support for regional armed groups thatinclude Lebanon’s Hezbollah, Iraq’s armed factions, and Yemen’s Houthis (Ansarallah).
Tehran has also warned that any USstrike, whether limited or wide-scale, would be treated as an “all-out war.”Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander Mohammad Pakpour said Iran has its“finger on the trigger.”
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