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US president says \u2018big force going towards Iran\u2019, but he would \u2018rather not see anything happen\u2019 as tension with Tehran ratchets up.<\/em>
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United States President Donald Trump said a US naval \u201carmada\u201d was heading towards the Gulf region, with Iran being the focus<\/a>, as officials said an aircraft carrier strike group and other assets would arrive in the Middle East in the coming days.
\u201cWe\u2019re watching Iran,\u201d Trump told reporters on Air Force One on Thursday as he flew back from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
\u201cWe have a big force going towards Iran,\u201d Trump said.
\u201cI\u2019d rather not see anything happen, but we\u2019re watching them very closely,\u201d he said.
\u201cAnd maybe we won\u2019t have to use it \u2026 we have a lot of ships going that direction, just in case, we have a big flotilla going in that direction, and we\u2019ll see what happens,\u201d he added.
Trump\u2019s announcement on the US naval buildup comes after he appeared to back-pedal last week on his threats<\/a> of military action against Iran after, he said, receiving assurances that no executions of protesters would be carried out by Tehran.
Trump\u2019s confirmation of continuing military preparations in the region follows after US media reports in the past week that the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier and its strike group of vessels were ordered to divert from manoeuvres in the South China Sea to the Middle East.
Speaking on Thursday, Trump reiterated that his earlier threats to use force<\/a> against Tehran had stopped authorities in Iran from executing more than 800 protesters, and he again said he was open to talking with the country\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n

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Iranian officials have denied plans to execute people who had taken part in the widespread antigovernment protests that began in late December and which Iranian state media said left 3,117 people dead, including 2,427 civilians and members of the security forces.
Speaking to US broadcaster CNBC on Wednesday, Trump said he hoped there would not be further US military action against Iran, but also said the US would act if Tehran resumed its nuclear programme.
\u201cThey can\u2019t do the \u200bnuclear,\u201d Trump told CNBC in an interview in Davos.
\u201cIf they do it, it\u2019s going to happen again,\u201d the president said, referring to US air \u200cstrikes on Iran\u2019s nuclear facilities in June 2025 when Washington joined Israel\u2019s 12-day war on the country.
Washington last ordered a major military build-up in the Middle East in advance of ‍its attacks in June, and officials later boasted about how it had kept its intention to strike Tehran\u2019s nuclear programme a secret at the time.<\/p>\n

Writing in the Wall Street Journal newspaper on Tuesday, Iranian<\/a> Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned the US that Tehran will be \u201cfiring back with everything we have\u201d if attacked.
\u201cOur powerful armed forces have no qualms about firing back with everything we have if we come under renewed attack,\u201d the minister wrote.
Araghchi said his warning was not a threat, \u201cbut a reality I feel I need to convey explicitly, because as a diplomat and a veteran, I abhor war\u201d.
\u201cAn all-out confrontation will certainly be ferocious and drag on far, far longer than the fantasy timelines that Israel and its proxies are trying to peddle to the White House,\u201d he said.
\u201cIt will certainly engulf the wider region and have an impact on ordinary people around the globe,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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