The Pentagon denied that Iranian missiles hit the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln
On March 1, the Central Command of the US Armed Forces (AF) denied information about the hit of Iranian missiles on the aircraft carrier of the Naval forces (Navy) of the country "Abraham Lincoln".
"The launched missiles did not even approach the ship," the ministry said in a statement on the social network X (ex. Twitter).
Earlier in the day, the IRGC reported a strike by four ballistic missiles on the aircraft carrier of the United States Navy "Abraham Lincoln". CENTCOM called these statements fakes, noting that the Iranian missiles "did not even reach" the ship.
On February 28, the United States and Israel launched a large-scale military operation in Iran. US President Donald Trump called it the goal of "protecting the American people."
As part of the Israeli-American Operation Lion's Roar, which used the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln and dozens of Tomahawk cruise missiles, military installations in western Iran, the residence of the country's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as well as an elementary school in the city of Minab were hit.
In response, Iran launched Operation True Promise 4 and attacked American military bases in the Middle East, as well as Israeli cities. The UAE, Bahrain, Iraq, Oman and other Persian Gulf countries were affected by the Iranian attacks.
Later, on March 1, it became known that the supreme leader of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed as a result of Israeli attacks. The Iranian government has declared national mourning. An interim governing council has been established in the country. Iranian President Masoud Peseshkian has vowed to avenge Khamenei's death. Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences over the death of the Iranian leader and condemned the assassination.
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