The IRGC attacked the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln with four ballistic missiles

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC, part of the Iranian armed forces) attacked the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier with four ballistic missiles. This was announced on March 1 by the press service.

"The US Army aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln was attacked with four ballistic missiles," the IRGC quoted State Television and Radio of Iran (IRIB) as saying.

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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 Iran, 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 Pezeshkian 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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