Overview
- Speaking after Davos, President Trump said a large naval force is heading toward Iran as a precaution and that he hopes it will not be used.
- U.S. officials say the USS Abraham Lincoln and several guided‑missile destroyers are en route to the Middle East, with additional air‑defense systems under consideration; the Pentagon has not publicly confirmed details of the movement.
- Iran’s Revolutionary Guard warned the United States and Israel to avoid miscalculations, declaring it has its “finger on the trigger,” and Israeli defense officials raised their alert level.
- Iranian authorities issued an official protest death toll of 3,117, while rights groups report figures of roughly 4,500 to about 5,000 or higher as an internet shutdown stretches past two weeks, hindering independent verification.
- Trump claimed his threats halted 837 planned executions of detainees, a claim Iran’s prosecutor general denied as completely false.