Iran says it fired missiles at the U.S. "Lincoln" aircraft carrier, forcing the vessel to retreat.

Reference News Network, March 3 report - According to the Iranian Tasnim News Agency on March 3, Ali Mohammad Naeini, a spokesman for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran, stated on March 3 that Iran has used missiles and drones to strike U.S. naval facilities in the Middle East, forcing the U.S. Navy's "Abraham Lincoln" aircraft carrier to withdraw from waters near Iran.

Naeini said that Iran's missiles and drones have repeatedly attacked the headquarters of the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet located in Bahrain.

Naeini also revealed that Iran launched four cruise missiles at the U.S. "Abraham Lincoln" aircraft carrier, which is about 250 to 300 kilometers away from the southeastern port city of Chabahar in Iran. Naeini stated that after the attack, the aircraft carrier "fled to the southeastern Indian Ocean."

The U.S. side has not responded yet.

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