President Trump has ordered a massive armada toward Iran as the Islamist regime faces a widening internal uprising and stands accused of slaughtering its own citizens.
According to the Gateway Pundit, the escalation comes as Iranian state television itself admitted that 3,117 people have been killed since December 27 in the regimes crackdown on dissent. At the same time, Tehrans leadership is attempting to project strength abroad, with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warning that the Islamic Republic will be firing back with everything we have if we come under renewed attack.
Araghchi, referencing the 12-day war launched by Israel on Iran in June 2025, boasted of Tehrans willingness to unleash its military power. Unlike the restraint Iran showed in June 2025, our powerful armed forces have no qualms about firing back with everything we have if we come under renewed attack, he wrote, adding, This isnt a threat, but a reality I feel I need to convey explicitly, because as a diplomat and a veteran, I abhor war.
He further warned that An all-out confrontation will certainly be ferocious and drag on far, far longer than the fantasy timelines that Israel and its proxies are trying to peddle to the White House. It will certainly engulf the wider region and have an impact on ordinary people around the globe. The rhetoric underscores a regime that simultaneously brutalizes its own people while threatening to destabilize an already volatile Middle East.
Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One en route from Davos, Switzerland, President Trump outlined the American response and signaled a posture of strength backed by deterrence. We have a lot of ships going that direction, just in case. We have a big flotilla going in that direction. And well see what happens, he told the press, making clear that Washington is prepared to act if Iran crosses the line.
On Thursday, President Trump reiterated that the United States has a big force going toward Iran, emphasizing that he prefers peace but will not tolerate mass executions or regional aggression. In a striking revelation, he said his administration directly intervened to halt a planned mass hanging of Iranian dissidents, declaring that his warning forced the regime to back down.
Were watching Iran. We have a lot of ships going that direction, just in case. We have a big flotilla going in that direction, and well see what happens. We have a big force going toward Iran. Id rather not see anything happen, but were watching them very closely, President Trump said, describing both vigilance and restraint. He then detailed the regimes planned atrocity: I saw 837 hangings on Thursday. They would have been dead. Every one of them would have been This is like from a thousand years ago. This is an ancient culture. Very smart people, by the way, but its an ancient culture.
837, mostly young men were going to be on Thursday. And I said, If you hang those people, youre going to be hit harder than youve ever been hit. Itll make what we did to your Iran nuclear look like peanuts, he continued, underscoring a clear red line against mass political executions. And an hour before this horrible thing was going to take place, they canceled it. And they actually said they canceled it. They didnt postpone it. They canceled it. So that was a good sign.
But we have an armada. We have a massive fleet heading in that direction. And maybe we wont have to use it. Well see, President Trump concluded, framing American power as a shield for the oppressed rather than a tool of adventurism. For conservatives who believe peace is best preserved through strength, the episode highlights a stark contrast between a U.S. administration willing to confront a murderous theocracy and a regime in Tehran that only seems to pause its brutality when faced with overwhelming force.
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