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.
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.
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.







