With The Arrival Of The U.S. Aircraft Carier USS Stennis In The Persian Gulf, Iran Begins War Games

US jets fly above USS John C. Stennis. © Steve Smith / US Navy / Reuters

Reuters: Iran Guards hold war games as U.S. carrier enters Gulf

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards launched war games in the Gulf on Saturday, state television reported, after a U.S. aircraft carrier entered the waterway amid rising tension with Washington over reimposed U.S. sanctions.

Television showed amphibious forces landing on Iran’s Gulf island of Qeshm during the exercises, in which naval vessels, helicopters, drones, rocket launchers and commando units also took part.

“Hopefully, with these exercises, our enemies will realize more than ever how devastating our response would be to any move by them,” said Guards chief Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari, state news agency IRNA reported.

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