U.S. Sends 2nd Aircraft Carrier To Persian Gulf As A Reminder To Iran

U.S. Sends 2nd Aircraft Carrier To Persian Gulf As A Reminder To Iran

Speaking to reporters after meeting with Mexican leaders Tuesday, Gates said heightening US critics of Iran and its support for terrorist groups is not a signal that the administration is laying the ground work for a strike against Tehran.

Still, he said Iran continues to back the Taliban in Afghanistan.

“I do not have a sense at this point of a significant increase in Iranian support for the Taliban and others opposing the government in Afghanistan,” Gates said. “There is, a best I can tell, a continuing flow, but I would till characterise it as relatively modest.”