[DAY #20] US Considers Carrier Deployment Amid Iran Tensions

Day #20 – In Brief

• US President Donald Trump had his second phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday evening to discuss the situation in Iran, Axios reported on Friday.
• Exiled Prince Reza Pahlavi on Friday called for “surgical strikes” on Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, calling it the main instrument of the Islamic Republic’s “repression at home and terror abroad.“
• Vladimir Putin spoke by phone with both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Friday, offering “mediation and urging de-escalation” of tensions around Iran.
• Iranian authorities have significantly expanded the presence of security forces across multiple cities, eyewitnesses said, tightening control to prevent further protests.

This is a developing story that HO1 will continue to monitor.
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Exiled Prince Reza Pahlavi Press Conference in Washington