US moves carrier strike group out of Gulf as tensions with Iran appear to ebb

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WASHINGTON, United States — US President Joe Biden’s administration has pulled an aircraft carrier out of the Gulf in a sign of potentially easing tensions with Iran, which had soared under former US president Donald Trump.

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Tuesday the USS Nimitz carrier strike group had sailed from the US military’s Central Command in the Middle East to the Indo-Pacific Command region.

Kirby did not confirm reports the Nimitz was headed back to the United States after some nine months at sea.

But he indicated that, after the Trump administration ramped up the US military presence in the Gulf, the Biden administration did not see keeping the carrier there as necessary for US security needs.

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby speaks during a media briefing at the Pentagon, Jan. 28, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Kirby declined to discuss the current Pentagon assessment of an Iranian military threat to US bases or Gulf allies.

However, he said: “We don’t make decisions like this lightly.”

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin “believes that we have a robust presence in the Middle East to respond” to any threat, Kirby added. READ MORE