America is gathering and reviewing its forces in the Gulf and Iran is talking to the Europeans

Washington continues to mobilize and review naval and air forces in the Middle East, in a move justified by serious Iranian threats to its interests in the region, while Tehran is moving diplomatically in an effort to get the Europeans to implement their financial commitments to maintain the nuclear agreement.

US Defense Secretary Patrick Chanahan agreed to send the USS Arlington to the Middle East to join US naval vessels deployed there.

On board the Arlington, there are US Marines, Amphibious Vehicles, Equipment and Helicopters as well as the Patriot Air Defense System.

The amphibious assault ship will join the Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier, which flew days ago from the Mediterranean to the Gulf waters, in a crowd aimed at retaliating for possible Iranian attacks on various US targets in the region.

US reinforcements included sending B-52 bombers to Qatar's Al-Qadir base, and other launchers of the same model landed at another base in the region, likely to be Dhafra's base in the UAE, according to the Associated Press.

Parallel to the ongoing American military buildup, the US Navy has deployed a section that monitors the flights of its fighters on board Abraham Lincoln and reviews its military capabilities.

The administration of President Donald Trump spoke a few days ago of Iranian threats, including attacks on various US targets by Iranian forces and other agents through Tehran in the region.

According to Washington, the attacks may target American interests in Bab al-Mandab, in both Iraq and Kuwait, as well as targeting bases and diplomats.

The US military has raised fears of a military confrontation in the region, although Washington has confirmed its unwillingness to fight or seek to harm Iran, while Yadullah Guanay, assistant commander in chief of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, said yesterday that Washington would not dare to take military action against his country.

European commitments
Diplomatically, the head of Iran's Strategic Council for External Relations Kamal Kharrazi said that European countries can prevent the collapse of the nuclear agreement by implementing the financial mechanism within the deadline set by Tehran.

During a visit to Paris during which he met with the head of the Foreign Relations Committee of the French National Council, Kharrazi added that the European countries were content with political positions and did not fulfill their commitments related to the agreement.

He pointed out that the Iranian people feel very pessimistic towards Europe because of what he described as the subordination to the policy of US President Donald Trump, and failure to meet their commitments.

Rowhani on Wednesday gave the three European countries signatories to the nuclear deal (France, Britain and Germany) two months to fulfill their obligations by activating the financial mechanism that allows Tehran to circumvent US sanctions aimed at halting Iranian oil exports altogether.

Rowhani threatened that if the three countries did not respond to this deadline, Iran would return to enrich uranium at high levels. France has responded by warning Iran that a violation of the terms of the nuclear deal means the imposition of sanctions again.

Al-Jazeera correspondent in Tehran, Noureddine Dougher, said that the Iranian official's visit to France showed that the door to dialogue with the Europeans is still open.

He added that Kharazi may put on the table of the French conditions of Iran to stay in the nuclear agreement, adding that Kharrazi talked about the need to reactivate the European financial mechanism.

He added that Iran may have other demands, including that the financial mechanism includes the issues of life of Iran, especially with regard to the arrival of Iranian oil to the global market and, most importantly, ensure the arrival of Iranian oil revenues through the financial mechanism and ensure bank transfers between Iran and European countries.