Deployment of Iranian forces to the Persian Gulf

On January 27, 2021, hours after the Capitol bombing in the United States, Iran deployed ten naval destroyers from Bandar Abbas port to take up blockade positions along the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf. American intelligence concluded that the deployment was a purposeful provocation by Iran, taking advantage of the attack in the U.S., to block a major passageway of the global oil supply. The deployment resulted in a major foreign policy crisis for U.S. President Tom Kirkman.
Kirkman deployed U.S. naval forces to take up strike positions against the Iranian vessels in a major show of force, but he ordered them not to engage unless first attacked.
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