Iran has claimed to have launched a cruise missile attack towards the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier.
According to the report, Press TV released a video showing that armed forces fired missiles at the US aircraft carrier, while state news agency IRNA quoted naval officials as giving details of the operation.
Earlier, the commander of the Iranian Navy, Rear Admiral Shahram Irani, had said that the movements of the “enemy” aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln are being constantly monitored and that it will be targeted as soon as it enters the range of Iran’s missile systems.
The agency said cruise missiles capable of attacking coastal targets were fired towards the US aircraft carrier group, forcing it to change its position. There has been no confirmation of this attack from America yet.
The special thing is that USS Abraham Lincoln was still active in that area when Israeli-American forces launched their joint operation against Iran on February 28, in which their supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed.
Meanwhile, while on one hand Trump was continuously trumpeting the fact that Iran is coming back to the negotiating table, on the other hand an Iranian military spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel Ibrahim Zulfikari mocked America’s efforts for a ceasefire deal. He also raised the question whether the 15-point plan proposed by Washington has any chance of being successful.
Zulfikari, in a recorded video statement that aired on state television, indicated that no talks had taken place. He asked, “Have your internal conflicts reached such an extent that you are talking to yourself?”
Zulfikari said, “Our first and last thing has been the same since day one, and it will remain the same: No one like us will ever compromise with someone like you.” He added, “Not now, not ever.”