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U.S. Central Command Urges IRGC Restraint During Naval Exercise in Strait of Hormuz Amid Iranian Deployments

Iranian state-run media reported that the Iranian Armed Forces deployed hundreds of fast attack craft and missile-launching vessels near USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea on January 29.

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MIDDLE EAST - U.S. Central Command issued a statement on January 30 urging the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to conduct its announced two-day live-fire naval exercise in the Strait of Hormuz in a safe and professional manner to avoid risks to international maritime traffic.

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This followed Iran’s announcement of the exercise scheduled to begin on February 1. Iranian Armed Forces deployed hundreds of fast attack craft and missile-launching vessels near USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea on January 29, according to state-run reports.

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