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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 11908875" data-attributes="member: 92282">Iran - 6 warships enter gulf<img src="http://i.imgur.com/E2d0v.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />(USS Abraham Lincoln-File Photo)The United States, Britain and France delivered a strong message to  Iran Sunday, sending six warships led by an aircraft carrier through the  sensitive waters of the Strait of Hormuz.The deployment challenged Iranian threats to close the waterway. The U.S. aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln is deployed with 3 other U.S. warships.UK Ministry of Defence confirmed that a Royal Navy Type 23 frigate, HMS  Argyll, was part of the US-led carrier group to pass through the  waterway, as tensions continued to escalate over Tehran's nuclear  programme.The spokesman said: "HMS Argyll and a French vessel joined a US carrier  group transiting through the Strait of Hormuz, to underline the  unwavering international commitment to maintaining rights of passage  under international law."</blockquote>

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