The United States should reduce its Gulf deployment while negotiations with Iran continue

Diplomatic, economic, and military relations between the United States and Iran, including negotiations, sanctions, and regional tensions within the wider geopolitics shaping the global order.

A US official said ships carrying roughly 9,000 additional sailors and Marines, including a third carrier group, were heading towards the Middle East. Three carriers could be present by late October. The deployment does not establish that Washington has decided to launch further strikes.