The carrier, based in San Diego, California, in November departed for deployment in the Indo-Pacific region before arriving in the Middle East in January, the military said.<\/a><\/p>\n ‘Very Good’ Talks In Oman<\/p>\n The carrier visit comes after delegations from Tehran and Washington held talks mediated by Oman on February 6, discussions Trump labeled as \u201cvery good.\u201d<\/p>\n While neither side announced concrete outcomes, both suggested negotiations over Iran\u2019s nuclear program could continue in the near term.<\/p>\n \u201cIran looks like it wants to make a deal very badly. We have to see what that deal is,\u201d Trump told reporters.<\/p>\n Ali Vaez, Iran project director at the International Crisis Group, told RFE\/RL’s Radio Farda<\/a> that “the fact that the talks didn’t fail and the two sides did not leave the negotiating table shows that maybe they felt enough common ground or that both sides put some concessions on the table that were attractive enough for both sides to continue the talks.”<\/p>\n Still, the talks took place amid an American military buildup in the Middle East. Tensions have been heightened by weeks of unrest in Iran, during which authorities launched a crackdown that rights groups say killed thousands of civilians.<\/p>\n Trump Warns Iranian Authorities<\/p>\n As reports of the carnage trickled out of Iran, Trump threatened to strike Iran if any of the tens of thousands of protesters arrested were executed.<\/p>\n The US president has continued to keep military options on the table, while also emphasizing efforts to rein in Iran\u2019s nuclear program, which Western powers fear is aimed at producing a bomb despite Tehran\u2019s insistence it is for civilian purposes.<\/p>\n
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