Paris ¨C Iran¡¯s president on Tuesday warned U.S. "threats" against the Islamic republic would only cause instability, as a U.S. naval strike group led by an aircraft carrier took up position in Middle Eastern waters.
Washington has not ruled out military intervention against Tehran over its crackdown on protests ¡ª which rights groups say left thousands of people dead ¡ª and President Donald Trump has dispatched the USS Abraham Lincoln to the area "just in case".
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian hit out at U.S. "threats" in a call with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, saying they were "aimed at disrupting the security of the region and will achieve nothing other than instability."
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