{"id":103257,"date":"2026-03-06T17:47:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T12:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=103257"},"modified":"2026-03-06T17:47:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T12:47:07","slug":"abraham-lincoln-aircraft-carrier-reportedly-leaves-battlefield-as-iran-claims-strategic-retreat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/news\/abraham-lincoln-aircraft-carrier-reportedly-leaves-battlefield-as-iran-claims-strategic-retreat\/","title":{"rendered":"Abraham Lincoln Aircraft Carrier Reportedly Leaves Battlefield as Iran Claims Strategic Retreat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"615\" data-end=\"849\">The Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier has reportedly moved away from the battlefield, according to claims made by Iran\u2019s parliament speaker. The statement comes during the ongoing conflict involving Iran, the United States, and Israel.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"851\" data-end=\"1016\">Iranian Parliament Speaker <strong data-start=\"878\" data-end=\"906\">Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf<\/strong> said the Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier withdrew after the first wave of Iranian missile and drone attacks.<\/p>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"udcm0k\" data-start=\"1018\" data-end=\"1061\">Iranian leadership claims early success<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1063\" data-end=\"1273\">Speaking in Tehran, Ghalibaf said the US naval carrier could not withstand the initial attacks carried out by Iranian forces. He claimed the fleet that was expected to defend US allies failed to protect itself.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1275\" data-end=\"1439\">He also warned US allies not to rely on what he described as \u201cfalse assurances\u201d from former US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.<\/p>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"14e7yf4\" data-start=\"1441\" data-end=\"1472\">Conflict enters seventh day<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1474\" data-end=\"1649\">The conflict between Iran, the United States, and Israel has now entered its seventh day. The situation in the region remains tense as both sides continue military operations.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1651\" data-end=\"1758\">According to Iranian reports, the number of people killed in Iran during the attacks has reached <strong data-start=\"1748\" data-end=\"1757\">1,332<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"lxvbig\" data-start=\"1760\" data-end=\"1802\">Civilian casualties reported in Shiraz<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1804\" data-end=\"1962\">Iranian media reported that a residential area in the city of Shiraz was targeted during US-Israeli strikes. At least <strong data-start=\"1922\" data-end=\"1947\">20 people were killed<\/strong> in the attack.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1964\" data-end=\"2063\">Officials said the strike hit a populated neighborhood, raising concerns about civilian casualties.<\/p>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"ht7zpx\" data-start=\"2065\" data-end=\"2115\">Israel claims destruction of missile launchers<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"2117\" data-end=\"2327\">The Israeli military said it destroyed <strong data-start=\"2156\" data-end=\"2199\">six Iranian ballistic missile launchers<\/strong> overnight. Israeli officials also claimed that <strong data-start=\"2247\" data-end=\"2289\">three advanced Iranian defense systems<\/strong> were destroyed in the latest strikes.<\/p>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"77pnrl\" data-start=\"2329\" data-end=\"2362\">Iran claims downing of drones<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"2364\" data-end=\"2468\">Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed it shot down several drones during the fighting.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2470\" data-end=\"2655\">According to Iranian officials, an <strong data-start=\"2505\" data-end=\"2528\">Israeli Heron drone<\/strong> was destroyed in Isfahan. They also claimed to have downed a <strong data-start=\"2590\" data-end=\"2619\">US MQ-9 drone in Lorestan<\/strong> and a <strong data-start=\"2626\" data-end=\"2654\">Hermes drone near Tehran<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2657\" data-end=\"2725\">Independent verification of these claims has not yet been confirmed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier has reportedly moved away from the battlefield, according to claims made by Iran\u2019s parliament speaker. The statement comes during the ongoing conflict involving Iran, the United States, and Israel. Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said the Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier withdrew after the first wave of Iranian missile and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":103259,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[37283,14996,37285,36803,37054,37286,36833,37284],"class_list":["post-103257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-abraham-lincoln-aircraft-carrier","tag-iran-drone-attack","tag-iran-israel-war","tag-iran-missile-attack","tag-iran-us-conflict","tag-iranian-parliament-speaker","tag-middle-east-tensions","tag-us-navy-carrier"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103257"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103260,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103257\/revisions\/103260"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}