US President Donald Trump accused Iran on Thursday of being “very threatening” as tensions flare between Washington and Tehran.
"What I would like to see with Iran, I would like to see them call me," Trump told reporters at the White House, a day after he slapped Iran with new sanctions.
“We have information that you don’t want to know about,” he said.
Trump has sent an aircraft carrier and B-52 bombers to the Middle East.
The carrier, USS Abraham Lincoln, passed through the Suez Canal Thursday, Egyptian authorities said.
Trump's national security advisor John Bolton on Sunday announced the deployment of the aircraft strike group and bomber task force in a "clear and unmistakable" message to Iran that it would respond to any attack on the US or its allies.
General Ralph Groover, the US defense attache in Cairo, commended Egyptian authorities for ensuring the vessel's "complete safety" during its passage, according to a statement from the canal's Port Authority.
