Iran Holds Exercises in Strait of Hormuz After Trump Threatens Military Action

Iran held live military exercises on Monday in the Strait of Hormuz, a day before nuclear talks with the United States were set to resume, an apparent show of power as President Trump threatened military action and called for regime change if diplomacy failed. The drills, led by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps navy, were meant to address "potential security and military threats," the state-run IRNA news agency cited the Revolutionary Guard.

They followed weeks of mounting tensions after Mr. Trump ordered a buildup of American forces in the Middle East and threatened to strike Iran if its leadership did not agree to a deal on its nuclear program. The Pentagon has been building up an "armada" in the region, Mr.

Trump said, including the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier accompanied by three warships equipped with Tomahawk missiles. That is at the center of a dozen warships in the region, including in the Arabian Sea, the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea and the eastern Mediterranean Sea.

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