International pressure on Iran is heating up, with U.S. President Donald Trump weighing military action against Tehran and the European Union putting new sanctions on top Iranian officials following the Islamic Republic’s weekslong bloody crackdown on anti-government protesters.
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Threats to the Iranian Regime
International pressure on Iran is heating up, with U.S. President Donald Trump weighing military action against Tehran and the European Union putting new sanctions on top Iranian officials following the Islamic Republic’s weekslong bloody crackdown on anti-government protesters.
On Wednesday, Trump announced that a “massive Armada is heading to Iran” that includes the USS Abraham Lincoln and several guided-missile destroyers.
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