This handout photo courtesy of US Navy shows the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (front) and the guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea during a Strait of Hormuz transit on September 18, 2020. Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on December 31, 2020, accused US President Donald Trump of aiming to fabricate a "pretext for war" as tensions mount between the two countries. His remarks come ahead of the first anniversary of the US killing of top Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani in a drone strike in Baghdad on January 3. The Nimitz has been patrolling Gulf waters since late November 2020 and two US B-52 bombers recently overflew the region on December 30. - RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / US NAVY / Petty Officer 3rd Class Elliot Schaudt" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS / AFP / US NAVY / US NAVY / US NAVY / elliot Schaudt / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / US NAVY / Petty Officer 3rd Class Elliot Schaudt" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
This handout photo courtesy of US Navy shows the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (front) and the guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea during a Strait of Hormuz transit on September 18, 2020. Iran's FShow more
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