Tehran says the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group relocated more than 1,000 km after being targeted with attacks.
Iran claims to have forced the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group to relocate with new attacks, while Washington insists the warships remain involved in the regime-change operation against Tehran.
In a briefing on Thursday, Iranian military spokesman Ebrahim Zolfaghari claimed the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier was “targeted by drones of the naval forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps” while the warship was engaging in military action near the Strait of Hormuz.
“It, along with its accompanying destroyers, left the area and has so far moved more than 1,000 km away from the region,” the official said.
US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine provided a conflicting account, saying the strike group “has continued to provide pressure from the sea along the southeastern side of the coast and has been attriting naval capability all along the strait and up into the Arabian [Persian] Gulf at a size and scale sufficiently to address the targets required.”
The US attacked Iran last Saturday in tandem with Israel with the goal of toppling the government in Tehran. Iranian forces have retaliated, including by targeting Middle East nations hosting US military bases.
Both sides have expressed resolve to continue and have accused their opponents of making false reports about the war, with particularly contrasting claims about US military casualties. Iranian officials have asserted that over 500 American soldiers have been killed, while the Pentagon confirmed six fatalities as of Wednesday, killed in a single attack at Shuaiba port in Kuwait, and expects more to come.
Speaking alongside Caine, War Secretary Pete Hegseth blasted media coverage of American casualties as “fake news” allegedly missing the broad picture of US military dominance. “The press only wants to make the president look bad, but try for once to report the reality,” he said.
Kuwait’s Defense Ministry reported on Friday that 67 Kuwaiti military personnel have been injured since the war began.
US political commentators said President Donald Trump’s decision to attack Iran months before midterm elections was a gamble, given his campaign promise not to entangle the nation in foreign wars.
Sink the bastards……
……has continued to provide pressure from the sea along the southeastern side of the coast…
So the Iranians were telling the truth. No emphatic claims they haven’t been forced to move.
Loads of respect for the Iranians facing down these evil creeps.
It’s perfectly normal for any aircraft carrier to manoeuvre and place itself out of harm’s way if attacked. This could be seen as a retreat – so what? Carrier strike groups exist to project power from a distance – that’s why they carry air wings. The job of the aircraft carrier is to stay far enough away from the conflict theatre so their planes can safely takeoff and land.
The only newsworthy news is that this is the second time in a year or two that any aircraft carrier has been forced to “retreat”. The mainstream media didn’t tell us that the Houthis forced the Harry Truman to “retreat” last year, instead the mainstream media told us that planes kept falling off the aircraft carrier without fully giving logical clear reasons why. The Americans have obviously learnt their lessons and now ensure the USS Abraham Lincoln is positioned far enough away today to avoid losing planes.
Here’s another big target https://news-pravda.com/usa/2026/03/07/2134538.html
My guess is that the Gerald Ford might be intended to protect oil supplies from Yanbu after the Saudis pipelined their oil from the Persian Gulf through to Yanbu to bypass the Strait of Hormuz
Trouble is – the Gerald Ford has nowhere safe to run in the Red Sea if its targeted