A reported submarine movement after President Donald Trump's latest response to Iran ceasefire talks has raised eyebrows.
An USS Alaska, one of the US Navy’s Ohio-class nuclear-powered submarines, was seen arriving near Gibraltar on Sunday evening under heightened security measures.
The Gibraltar Broadcasting Corporation reported that a 200-metre exclusion zone had been established around the South Mole ‘until further notice’, while a team of Royal Marines was also believed to have arrived on the Rock aboard RAF transport aircraft.
Trump publicly criticized Iran’s response to a US-backed proposal aimed at reducing hostilities in West Asia and the Gulf region.
Iran had earlier delivered its response to the American proposal through Pakistani mediators, according to Iranian state media.
The state-run IRNA news agency reported: “The Islamic Republic of Iran sent today, through Pakistani mediators, its response to the latest text proposed by the United States to end the war.”
