Iran plans Strait of Hormuz military exercises amid Trump warning
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Iran will conduct real-time military exercises in the Strait of Hormuz next week after President Donald Trump announced that the US navy is heading to the region due to increasing tensions with Tehran.
The drills will be carried out by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Marine Corps, Iranian state media reported on Thursday.
The announcement came a day after Trump said a large naval force led by the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group was heading towards Iran.
In a statement published on Truth Social, the president warned Tehran to quickly return to talks on its nuclear program, saying the fleet was ready to move with “speed and violence” if necessary.
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Satellite image shows the Strait of Hormuz, a key global energy chokepoint connecting the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman, on October 2, 2024. (Copernicus Sentinel Data via Gallo Images/Orbital Horizon/Getty Images)
“Time is running out, this is really important! As I told Iran before, MAKE A DEAL! They did not and there was ‘Operation Midnight Hammer’ which was a huge devastation against Iran,” he wrote. “The next attack will be much worse! Don’t do this again.”
USA hit In June, Iran’s Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan nuclear facilities were attacked using B-2 bombers and Tomahawk missiles.
The bombers flew continuously for 37 hours from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, dropping 12 GBU-57s on Fordow and two GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators on Natanz.
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Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy personnel stand aboard a warship during an IRGC naval parade marking Persian Gulf National Day near the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Bushehr, Iran, April 29, 2024. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
More than two dozen cruise missiles were also launched against Isfahan from a US submarine.
Trump is considering military action against Tehran as US assets move into the region as international scrutiny continues over a crackdown by the Islamic regime that has killed thousands of anti-government protesters.
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Iran warned last week that it would respond to any new US military strike “with everything we have” and accused Washington and its allies of exploiting recent unrest to push the region towards a wider war.
“As Iranians grieve their loved ones and rebuild what was destroyed, another threat looms: the ultimate failure of diplomacy. Contrary to the restraint Iran showed in June 2025, our powerful armed forces do not hesitate to respond with everything we have if we are subjected to a new attack,” Iran’s foreign minister said. Abbas Araghchi said,.
