"This incident, the first armed confrontation between the two countries since June when Israel and the U.S. bombed Iran, comes amid a military escalation between Tehran and Washington. Last Friday, Donald Trump sent what he described as an armada to waters near Iran. The flagship of that military deployment is precisely the USS Abraham Lincoln, the carrier the drone was approaching when it was shot down by the F35."
"We have a large armada, flotilla, call it whatever you want, heading toward Iran right now, even larger than what we had in Venezuela, Trump told reporters in the Oval Office at the time. If we do make a deal, that's good. If we don't make a deal, we'll see what happens. The United States is demanding that Iran end its nuclear program and hand over the stockpile of highly enriched uranium held in the country."
The U.S. military shot down an Iranian Shahed-139 drone as it approached the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea, using an F-35 fighter jet. White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said talks with Iran are still scheduled, referring to a likely meeting between Tehran and Washington in Istanbul. The incident marked the first armed confrontation between the two countries since June and occurred amid escalating military tensions. President Donald Trump deployed a large "armada" toward Iranian waters, with the Abraham Lincoln as its flagship. The United States demands Iran end its nuclear program and surrender its stockpile of highly enriched uranium.
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