DUBAI (AP) — The deployment of the USS John C. Stennis to the Middle East will put two US aircraft carriers in the volatile Gulf region for the first time since the 2003 Iraq invasion. Military officials say a second carrier group is meant as a plain warning to Iran.

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TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Ecuador on Monday stressed that his country is firm to promote cooperation with Latin American states despite the fury shown by the system of hegemony.