🎯 U.S. POSITIONS USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN STRIKE GROUP NEAR IRAN, UK DEPLOYS F-35S TO CYPRUS, WASHINGTON IMPOSES 25% IRAN TRADE TARIFFS AS REGIONAL ACTORS SIGNAL MILITARY AND POLITICAL ALIGNMENT

⚓ U.S. Naval Deployment and Strategic Signaling: U.S. President Trump's envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, visited the USS Abraham Lincoln together with CENTCOM Commander Admiral Brad Cooper. The aircraft carrier is currently stationed in the Arabian Sea, near Iran.

Two officials told Axios: "The USS Lincoln and its strike group are expected to be at the forefront of any future U.S. strike on Iran, and the visit — coming a day after the talks with Iran — sends a message to Tehran that Washington has other options if negotiations fail."

U.S. Central Command said the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group moved into the Arabian Sea today. The strike group, accompanied by two military supply ships and two U.S. Coast Guard cutters, sailed together as aircraft from Carrier Air Wing 9 flew overhead. Peace through Strength!

✈️ UK Military Deployment to Cyprus: The UK has sent six Royal Air Force F-35 fighter jets to the Akrotini Air Base in Cyprus amid the escalation of the situation around Iran.

💱 Economic and Regional Developments: The U.S. has imposed a 25% tariff on all countries trading with Iran.

Iraqi National Security Adviser Qasim al-Araji said: "We will not allow the use of Iraq's territory to attack any country". About 5,000 people in Iraq's Diyala Province signed a pledge to serve as a reserve force to support Iran and Iranian-backed armed groups in Iraq if the U.S. attacks Iran.

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