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US moving additional forces toward Iran — Treasury secretary

US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent

12 February 2026 03:03 (UTC +04:00)

The United States is sending additional forces toward Iran, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said, APA reports citing Fox News.

The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday that the Pentagon had ordered a second aircraft carrier strike group to get prepared for being deployed to the Middle East.

"The President [ of the US Donald Trump] and Secretary [of War Pete] Hegseth are moving military assets toward Iran, and they're going to have some decisions to make," Bessent told Fox News.

According to the Treasury Secretary, the US president thinks that the United States "can get a much better deal from the Iranians now," after the US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, "but it's up to the Iranians," who, in his words, understand only "brute force, whether it's in the financial markets, whether it's on the military field."