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00:20The world is watching the Persian Gulf, a U.S. aircraft...
00:25The carrier strike group is moving closer to Iran's waters, and Washington...
00:30is not ruling out force.
00:32But Tehran's response is strikingly calm.
00:35Almost defiant.
00:36Iran's foreign ministry says it does not welcome war, yet in...
00:41It insists it is fully prepared for one.
00:43As American warships arrive...
00:46As a fighter jets deploy and regional bases go on alert, the question is no...
00:51longer if tensions are rising, but how far this standoff could go.
00:56Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Ismail Bagai sought to strike...
01:01a careful balance.
01:02We have never welcomed war, he said, and we have never...
01:06turned away from diplomacy.
01:08But the message didn't stop there.
01:11He added that Iran has the full will and capability to defend itself...
01:16a reminder that calm words do not mean weakness.
01:19Tehran is signaling...
01:21between restraint, while quietly warning that it is ready if red lines are crossed.
01:26From Washington, the tone is far less restraint.
01:30President Trump has...
01:31...confirmed that a massive U.S. naval force is heading toward the region.
01:36We have a big fleet going in that direction, Trump said, just in case.
01:41While he insists he hopes not to use it, Trump has repeatedly warned Iran...
01:46...over its crackdown on protesters and any restart of its nuclear...
01:51...program.
01:52The last time the U.S. staged a build-up of this scale was just...
01:56...days before strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities last year's conflict.
02:01At the center of this build-up is the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln carrier...
02:06...strike group.
02:07Redirected from the South China Sea, it now heads toward...
02:11...the Gulf, with destroyers armed with Tomahawk cruise missiles.
02:15Weapons...
02:16...are capable of striking deep inside Iran.
02:19These warships are equipped with...
02:21...advanced Aegis missile defense systems.
02:24Their arrival would add nearly five...
02:26...5,700 U.S. personnel to a region already packed with...
02:31...on American bases, including Al Udayd Air Base in Qatar.
02:35The forward...
02:36...the hub of U.S. Central Command.
02:38The show of force doesn't stop at sea.
02:41F-15E strike eagles are now active in the Middle East.
02:45The United...
02:46...the United Kingdom has deployed Typhoon fighter jets to Qatar...
02:49...and flight trackers showed...
02:51...dozens of U.S. military cargo aircraft...
02:54...streaming into the region.
02:56Missiles...
02:56...the U.S. Central Defenses, Patriot and THAAD systems...
03:00...remain on high...
03:01...alert...
03:02...echoing the posture that preceded last year's strikes on Iran.
03:06Officials say this is deterrence.
03:08History shows...
03:09...deterrence and preparation...
03:11...often look exactly the same.
03:13All of this unfolds as Iran faces...
03:16...its most serious internal unrest in decades.
03:20Protests...
03:21...economic collapse...
03:22...internet shutdowns...
03:23...and thousands of deaths...
03:25...have placed un...
03:26...precedented pressure on the regime.
03:28Iran says it does not seek war.
03:31The U.S. says it hopes not to fight.
03:34Yet warships are moving.
03:36Missiles...
03:36...are armed...
03:37...and warnings...
03:38...are growing sharper...
03:39...by the day.
03:40For now...
03:41Iran shrugs off the carrier's arrival...
03:43...but in a region this volatile...
03:45...even...
03:46...balm words can hide a storm.
03:51Sit!
03:56Sit down here and no other room.
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