US carrier in Iranian manoeuvre zone

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The USS John C. Stennis aircraft carrier is seen as it allegedly went

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The USS John C. Stennis aircraft carrier is seen as it allegedly went "inside the manoeuvre zone" where Iranian ships are conducting 10 days of wargames in the Gulf, according to Iranian officials. A showdown between Iran and the United States over Tehran's threats to close the strategic Strait of Hormuz to oil tankers worsened with warships from each side giving weight to an increasingly bellicose exchange of words.

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