The US is planning to send thousands more troops to the Middle East that could be used in land operations in Iran even as President Donald Trump claimed peace talks with Tehran were making progress.
The Pentagon is set to deploy elements of the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East, according to two people familiar with the matter. About 3,000 soldiers from the elite paratrooper division will be deployed, one of the people said. They will join the thousands of marines who are currently aboard warships en route to the region.
Speaking at the White House on Tuesday, Trump said the US was in contact with the “right people” in Iran, emphasising that vice-president JD Vance and secretary of state Marco Rubio were involved in the talks.
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