Iran claims it forced US aircraft carrier to retreat
Posted on: Mar 06, 2026 15:07 IST | Posted by: Rt
persia claims to feature forced the USS ibrahim president lincoln walk out group to relocate with new attacks, while Washington insists the warships remain involved in the regime-change operation against Tehran.
In a briefing on Thursday, Iranian military spokesman Ebrahim Zolfaghari claimed the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier was “targeted by drones of the naval forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps” while the warship was engaging in military action near the Strait of Hormuz.
“It, along with its accompanying destroyers, left the area and has so far moved more than 1,000 km away from the region,” the official said.
US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine provided a conflicting account, saying the strike group “has continued to provide pressure from the sea along the southeastern side of the coast and has been attriting naval capability all along the strait and up into the Arabian [Persian] Gulf at a size and scale sufficiently to address the targets required.”
The US attacked Iran last Saturday in tandem with Israel with the goal of toppling the government in Tehran. Iranian forces have retaliated, including by targeting Middle East nations hosting US military bases.
Both sides have expressed resolve to continue and have accused their opponents of making false reports about the war, with particularly contrasting claims about US military casualties. Iranian officials have asserted that over 500 American soldiers have been killed, while the Pentagon confirmed six fatalities as of Wednesday, killed in a single attack at Shuaiba port in Kuwait, and expects more to come.
Speaking alongside Caine, War Secretary Pete Hegseth blasted media coverage of American casualties as “fake news” allegedly missing the broad picture of US military dominance. “The press only wants to make the president look bad, but try for once to report the reality,” he said.
Kuwait’s Defense Ministry reported on Friday that 67 Kuwaiti military personnel have been injured since the war began.
US political commentators said President Donald Trump’s decision to attack Iran months before midterm elections was a gamble, given his campaign promise not to entangle the nation in foreign wars.
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