January 27, 2026 | 10:38 am
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - US President Donald Trump on Monday claimed that Iran wants to reach a deal with Washington amid the deployment of additional US military assets to the region, including an aircraft carrier strike group.
In an interview with the Axios news site as cited by Anadolu, Trump said the situation with Iran is "in flux," citing the arrival of what he described as a "big armada" near Iran, referring to the deployment of the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group to the region.
"They want to make a deal. I know so. They called on numerous occasions. They want to talk," claimed the 79-year-old man.
The US deployed the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group to the Middle East on Monday as Washington strengthens its position in the region. The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier entered the region to "to promote regional security and stability," said the US Central Command (CENTCOM) on the US social media platform X.
Meanwhile, at least three US Air Force planes have been moved from Germany to countries in the Middle East, including Kuwait and Qatar, in the last two days, according to Flightradar24 data.
According to the flight-tracking service, as reported by Sputnik on Monday and cited by Antara, a Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker tanker plane landed in Qatar on Sunday at around 18:23 GMT (Monday, 01:23 WIB). The plane most likely departed from the US Air Force Ramstein Air Base in Germany.
Furthermore, on Saturday at around 20:40 GMT (Sunday 03:40 WIB), a Boeing C-17A Globemaster III military transport plane landed in Kuwait, with the departure point recorded in Trier, Germany.
Lastly, on Saturday at around 21:54 GMT (Sunday, 04:52 WIB), another C-17A plane departing from the US Air Force Spangdahlem Air Base in Germany disappeared from radar in the southern Kuwait area.
Furthermore, based on Flightradar24 data, the US also deployed a Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules military transport plane from Bahrain to the central Kuwait area. Additionally, at around 01:54 GMT (08:54 WIB) on January 25, a US KC-135R tanker plane landed in Qatar.
On January 22, US President Donald Trump said that US Navy ships were heading towards Iran "We're going to watch and see."
Previously, he refused to give a definitive answer to whether the option of military intervention in Iran had been ruled out. He only said that he couldn't say what would happen in the future.
Iran has been rocked by a wave of protests since last month, starting on December 28 at the Grand Bazaar in Tehran, over the sharp depreciation of the Iranian rial and worsening economic conditions. The demonstrations later spread to several other cities.
Trump has repeatedly threatened to "crack down" if the protesters are killed, but later softened his rhetoric, stating that Tehran had canceled hundreds of scheduled executions.
Iranian officials have accused the US and Israel of supporting "armed rioters" and warned that any US attack would trigger a "swift and comprehensive" response.
Last June, with US support, Israel launched a 12-day war against Iran, triggering retaliatory drone and missile strikes from Tehran before Washington announced a ceasefire.
Read: USS Abraham Lincoln to Attack Iran in 1-2 Days, New York Times Reports
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