ISLAMABAD : Monitoring Desk – Iran’s military has claimed to hit Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier targeted by 4 Iranian missiles causing huge damage to the US warship. The USS Lincoln is one of two aircraft carriers deployed to the region in recent weeks and the only one relatively close to Iranian shores. US has denied Iran’s claim.
Iranian military said in its Public Relations Announcement No. 7 of the Iranian army:
” Following the proud actions of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the attack on American-Zionist enemy targets, the Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier of the US Army was attacked with four ballistic missiles.”
“The powerful strikes of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran on the exhausted military body of the enemy have entered a new phase, and both land and sea will increasingly become the graveyard of the invading terrorists, the PR said.
However, US Central Command refuted the Iran’s IRGC claims to have struck USS Abraham Lincoln with ballistic missiles, saying the Lincoln was not hit.
“The missiles launched didn’t even come close. The Lincoln continues to launch aircraft in support of CENTCOM’s relentless campaign to defend the American people by eliminating threats from the Iranian regime,” US Central Command stated on X.
Meanwhile, the US military said on Sunday it has sunk an Iranian warship and called on Iranian forces to lay down their arms and leave their posts, Reuters reported.
The US Central Command, which is overseeing ongoing US attacks on Iran, said it sunk an Iranian Jamaran-class corvette in the Gulf of Oman at a Chah Bahar pier.
“As the President said, members of Iran’s armed forces, IRGC and police ‘must lay down your weapons.’ Abandon ship,” Central Command said in a post on X, referring to remarks on Saturday by President Donald Trump.
