U.S. Central Command confirmed on Monday that USS Abraham Lincoln was deployed to promote regional security and stability

WASHINGTON -- The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and three accompanying warships have arrived in the Middle East, bringing a renewed potential that President Donald Trump could opt to order airstrikes on Iran over its crackdown on protesters.

The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group is now in the Middle East, having been redirected from its Indo-Pacific deployment to the region in recent weeks as tensions with Iran increase, USNI News has learned.

The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group is now in the Middle East after being redirected from its Indo-Pacific deployment as U.S. tensions with Iran continue unimpeded. In addition to the USS Abraham Lincoln,

A U.S. aircraft carrier arrived in the Middle East after a deadly response to anti-regime protests, prompting threats from Iranian officials.

The assets would give Trump more options in the showdown over protests.

US carrier deployment to the Middle East is underway as the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group has been redirected to the CENTCOM area of responsibility

USS Abraham Lincoln enters region 'to promote regional security and stability,' says US Central Command - Anadolu Ajansı

U.S. President Donald Trump stated in an interview with Axios on the 26th (local time), “The situation with Iran has become fluid since we dispatched a large fleet to the Middle East,” adding, “Iran wants to negotiate with the U.

The United States has stepped up its major military build-up in the Middle East with the arrival of the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group on Sunday, Israeli media reported. The report said that the deployment positions American forces near striking distance of Iran as tensions between Washington and Tehran surge.