US to deploy new aircraft carrier to Middle East as Trump warns Iran

Tensions have escalated between the Islamic republic and its traditional foe Washington in the wake of a deadly crackdown by security forces on protests last month that rights groups say killed thousands. While the protests have subsided for now in the face of the repression, US-based Reza Pahlavi, the son of the shah ousted by the 1979 Islamic revolution, urged Iranians to chant slogans against the clerical establishment in the coming days to coincide with demonstrations abroad. Rather than pointing...