Read our Privacy noticeUS president Donald Trump said he planned to speak with Iran, even as his administration dispatched another warship to the Middle East. He told reporters: "We have a lot of very big, very powerful ships sailing to Iran right now, and it would be great if we didn't have to use them. "His statement comes as Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said the military would be ready to carry out whatever the president decided. Iran’s foreign ministry has condemned the European Union’s decision to list the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organisation on Thursday, denouncing the move as “illegal and unjustified”. It said that designating a country’s official military institution as a “terrorist” organisation was a dangerous move.