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US Military in Mideast 'Weakest in History' - Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps

© AP Photo / Hassan Ammar, FileThis file photo taken on Monday, Feb. 13, 2012 shows a U.S. F-18 fighter jet, left, land on the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) as a U.S. destroyer sells on alongside during fly exercises in the Persian Gulf
This file photo taken on Monday, Feb. 13, 2012 shows a U.S. F-18 fighter jet, left, land on the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) as a U.S. destroyer sells on alongside during fly exercises in the Persian Gulf - Sputnik International
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Earlier, the United States deployed the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group and a bomber task force to the Persian Gulf to send a “clear and unmistakable message” to Iran.

The US military presence in the Middle East is at its "weakest in history", a deputy commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said, as quoted by the Fars news agency.

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"The Americans have been present in the region since 1833 and they are now at their weakest in history in West Asia," Rear Admiral Ali Fadavi, a deputy Guards commander, stressed.

A picture taken on March 12, 2017, shows an Iranian tanker docking at the platform of the oil facility in the Khark Island, on the shore of the Gulf - Sputnik International
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New US deployments in the region include an aircraft carrier strike group, Patriot missiles, B-52 bombers and F-15 fighters, according to the Pentagon.

Acting US Defence Secretary Patrick Shanahan said earlier that Washington had no interest in escalating tensions with Iran or going to war with the Middle Eastern country.

US-Iranian tensions escalated in 2018, when the United States unilaterally withdrew from the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran and started reinstating sanctions against the Islamic Republic.

On 8 May, Iran announced its decision to partially discontinue its obligations under the nuclear agreement.

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