Overview
- The carrier USS Abraham Lincoln is conducting blockade operations in the Arabian Sea, CENTCOM said Friday in updated posts.
- The enforcement posture includes more than 10,000 personnel, over a dozen Navy ships, and upwards of 100 aircraft.
- U.S. officials say the action targets traffic to and from Iranian ports and applies to all vessels regardless of flag.
- CENTCOM released audio and video of a Navy destroyer diverting a merchant ship near Iran as it tightened checks on port-bound traffic.
- President Trump praised the operation and said no ship is trying to pass the U.S. Navy’s barriers.