<span style="color: #222222;">The United States has taken a decision to deploy an aircraft carrier strike group and a bomber task force to West Asia. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In a statement, National Security Advisor John Bolton said, the decision has been taken in response to a number of escalatory indications and warnings from Iran.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The deployment comes after US President Donald Trump last month refused to give waivers to countries like India from buying oil from Iran, in an attempt to reduce Iran's oil exports.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Trump administration insists that it is not seeking to topple Iran's regime, but that it only seeks to push the government to stop supporting proxy militias and terrorist groups and otherwise change its behaviour.</span><br />