USS Nimitz Carrier Grp On Way To MidEast. Iran Seeks De-Escalation @ Israel
US military has moved a large number of refueling tanker craft to Europe to give options to US President Trump…~Reuters
Below is Fox News’ chief national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin confirming a major breaking development:
CONFIRMED: The USS Nimitz aircraft carrier strike group is on its way to the Middle East from the South China Sea, a U.S. official tells Fox News. The Nimitz was previously scheduled to replace the USS Carl Vinson carrier strike group which has been deployed for several months, but is now heading to the Middle East ahead of schedule. The two will now be in the Middle East at the same time. The USS Nimitz is the oldest active aircraft carrier in the U.S. Navy, commissioned on May 3, 1975. Scheduled to be decommissioned in 2026, this is possibly its final sea voyage. This is a very significant symbolic deployment because it was deployed in 1980 and its helicopters that were part of the failed US effort known as Operation Eagle Claw to rescue the American hostages being held at the US Embassy in Tehran. The US has been in a shadow war against Iran ever since.
(ZeroHedge)
Soon after this reporting:
IRAN IS PREPARING FOR THE ‘LARGEST AND MOST INTENSE MISSILE ATTACK IN HISTORY ON ISRAELI SOIL’ -IRANIAN STATE MEDIA
This comes on the heels of reports that the US Embassy in Tel Aviv suffered “minor damage” from a nearby Iranian ballistic missile impact. And Reuters confirms:
US military has moved a large number of refueling tanker craft to Europe to give options to US President Trump…
WSJ this morning: Iran eager to negotiate with the US and Israel to end the war.
CNN this morning: Iran refuses to negotiate while under attack and until its retaliation against Israel is completed.
Disinformation is always a weapon of war: lets people believe what they want: pic.twitter.com/otpHfITbFe
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) June 16, 2025
This likely won’t end well, given the Times of Israel is now citing Israeli officials who say the operation is expected to last two to three weeks. “There’s a bank of military targets that we can complete prettying quickly.” Meanwhile Iranian reports are claiming that only some 5% of its offensive missile capacity has been used. Meanwhile:
IRAN’S REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS CALL ON TEL AVIV RESIDENTS TO EVACUATE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE -IRANIAN STATE MEDIA
If this is true, Israel will smell blood and double down.https://t.co/EUEewDstYm
— Mark Ames (@MarkAmesExiled) June 16, 2025
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Update(1008ET): Everything is suddenly exploding higher – also with gold and oil dropping – especially on the following WSJ breaking report which suggests (dubiously, we should add…) that the Iranians are ‘open’ to returning to the negotiating table with Trump officials, even as ballistic missiles rain down on Israel, and as much of the Islamic Republic – particularly oil depots – burn…
“In the midst of a ferocious Israeli air campaign, Tehran has told Arab officials they would be open to return to the negotiating table as long as the U.S. doesn’t join the attack, the officials said. They also passed messages to Israel saying it is in the interest of both sides to keep the violence contained,” per WSJ on Monday.
Oil prices tumbling on the breaking report…
S&P 2% from ATH…
Gold has been falling since before the missile war started late on Thursday…
WSJ continues, “Iran has been urgently signaling that it seeks an end to hostilities and resumption of talks over its nuclear programs, sending messages to Israel and the U.S. via Arab intermediaries, Middle Eastern and European officials said.”
This comes also amid reports that dozens of US Air Force tankers have in the last hours taken off from the United States and headed towards Europe, as also confirmed in Flightradar24 and Air Live. Is Trump ready to join the Israeli side militarily? The Iranians fear so, it appears.
Iran’s message is that “it is in the interest of both sides to keep the violence contained” – according to an urgeng diplomatic message passed along. But at this point it seems clear that Israel is going for full regime decapitation, given also that reports say the Israel Air Force has total aerial dominance over Western Iran and skies above Tehran at this point. If these reports of an Iranian olive branch are accurate, is it too-little-too-late?
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