Iran Claims Missile Strike on USS Abraham Lincoln; US Denies Damage Amid Rising Tensions

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed it struck the US aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln with four ballistic missiles in the Gulf, retaliating for US and Israeli strikes that killed Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The IRGC warned that land and sea would become "graveyards of terrorist aggressors." However, the US Central Command denied the carrier was hit, stating the missiles missed and the ship remains operational. The conflict has resulted in three US military deaths and ongoing regional military actions.