New Delhi, March 13 -- Did Iran strike the US's major aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln? Claims and counterclaims emerged as Iran said its missiles had struck the aircraft carrier.

Iran-based Tehran Times quoted a spokesperson of the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters as saying on Friday, "The USS Abraham Lincoln was targeted by the naval forces of the IRGC [Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps] and was rendered inoperable."

"The carrier has left the region and is currently returning to the United States," the spokesperson reportedly claimed.

According to NDTV, Iran's Central Headquarters of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) said that a precision operation involving advanced missiles and drones struck the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft c...