"Diplomacy is the best option we have; the alternatives are so unattractive," a senior Iranian official told Newsweek.

Trump says US ‘armada’ is heading towards the Gulf, raising fears of a military escalation in the region.

The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln is on its way to the Middle East while additional air defenses are flowing into the region as well.

WASHINGTON — Abe will keep Iran honest! President Trump said he’s got an “armada” was sailing toward Iran — and he meant the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group. On Thursday, the commander-in-chief told reporters that “maybe we won’t have to use” the carrier strike group but that the US had “a lot of ships” going in Iran’s direction “just in case.

U.S. jet fighters have arrived in the region and an aircraft carrier is on its way.

The bloody crackdown offers hints about growing tensions inside the country’s ruling system as the cleric’s rule comes under strain.

The United States is quietly but quickly shifting serious firepower toward the Middle East, and […]

By Michelle Nichols Jan 23 (Reuters) - Iran will treat any attack "as an all-out war against us," a senior Iranian official said on Friday, ahead of the arrival of a U.S. military aircraft carrier strike group and other assets in the Middle East in the coming days.