(AFP) The U.S. is keeping the pressure on Iran with the presence of two aircraft carriers close to the Persian Gulf. "There are currently two carrier strike groups in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations," Lt. Commander John Fage, a navy spokesman, said Monday. "USS Abraham Lincoln is currently in the north Arabian Sea (not in the Gulf itself) and USS Enterprise is transiting the Gulf of Aden." The Enterprise has replaced the USS Carl Vinson, which is conducting maneuvers in the Bay of Bengal before returning to the west coast of the U.S.
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