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 by AFP Staff Writers Washington (AFP) Feb 2, 2021
US President Joe Biden's administration has pulled an aircraft carrier out of the Gulf in a sign of potentially easing tensions with Iran, which had soared under former president Donald Trump. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Tuesday the USS Nimitz carrier strike group had sailed from the US military's Central Command in the Middle East to the Indo-Pacific Command region. Kirby did not confirm reports the Nimitz was headed back to the United States after some nine months at sea. But he indicated that, after the Trump administration ramped up the US military presence in the Gulf, the Biden administration did not see keeping the carrier there as necessary for US security needs. Kirby declined to discuss the current Pentagon assessment of an Iranian military threat to US bases or Gulf allies. However, he said: "We don't make decisions like this lightly." Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin "believes that we have a robust presence in the Middle East to respond" to any threat, Kirby added. "The secretary was mindful of the larger geostrategic picture when he approved the movement of the carrier strike group from the Central Command area of responsibility to the Indo PACOM area of responsibility," he said. Kirby would not say if the Nimitz would be replaced in the region in the near future, noting that the US Navy has a limited number of aircraft carriers. "We're constantly watching the threat. We're constantly trying to meet that threat with proper capabilities," he said.
Russia says Biden must lift sanctions to save Iran nuclear deal Moscow (AFP) Jan 26, 2021 Russia said Tuesday it was up to Washington to take the first steps if US President Joe Biden wants to salvage the landmark Iran nuclear deal. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov urged Washington to lift sanctions on Tehran and save the historic agreement during his first talks with his Iranian counterpart since Biden's election victory raised hopes for the fate of the deal. Lavrov said that Russia and Iran "share the same position" on the preservation of the 2015 accord, urging the United States to ... read more
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