U.S. military forces are moving in response to Israeli strikes on Iran and a possible retaliatory attack from Tehran, two U.S. officials told AP news agency.
The Navy ordered the USS Thomas Hudner to begin sailing toward the eastern Mediterranean and ordered a second destroyer to begin moving forward so it could be available at the request of the White House.
One official said Trump is meeting with the heads of his National Security Council to discuss the situation. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to provide details that have not yet been made public.
On the night of 13 June, Israel launched an attack on Iran. Israeli jets struck uranium enrichment facilities in Natang and Fordow, missile bases in Kermanshah and Khorremabad, and Tehran, Isfahan, Tabriz and other major Iranian cities were also under attack.
Iranian media reported that as a result of Israeli strikes killed, in particular, the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Hosein Salami, Chief of General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Mohammad Bagheri and physicist Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi.
It later became known that Iran would not participate in the nuclear talks with the US, which were to be held in Oman on 15 June.