[UPDATE-Day #30] Iran, Israel Trade War Warnings as US Fleet Arrives

Day #30 – In Brief

• President Trump receives intelligence that Iran’s regime is at its weakest point since the Islamic Revolution in 1979. “NOW IS THE TIME TO MAKE THEM PAY. They have American blood on their hands.“
• US President Donald Trump said the situation with Iran is “in flux” after he sent a “big armada” to the region but believes Tehran is eager to cut a deal, Axios quoted him as saying in an interview.
• The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group entered US Central Command’s area of responsibility in the Indian Ocean on Monday
• Iran Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmail Baghaei said on Monday that US warships would not weaken Iran’s defense resolve.
• Documents reviewed by Iran International’s Editorial Board put the Jan. 8-9 crackdown death toll at more than 36,500, putting it among the deadliest attacks on protestors ever.

This is a developing story that HO1 will continue to monitor.
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[UPDATE] US considering possibility of precision strikes against Iran