India, Jan. 28 -- Iran's bloody crackdown on nationwide protests killed at least 6,126 people while many others still are feared dead, activists said on Tuesday, as a US aircraft carrier group arrived in the Middle East to lead any American military response to the crisis. Iran's currency, the rial, meanwhile fell to a record low of 1.5 million to $1.

The arrival of the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier and guided missile destroyers accompanying it provide the US the ability to strike Iran, particularly as Gulf Arab States have signalled they want to stay out of any attack despite hosting American military personnel. Two Iranian-backed militias in the Mideast have signalled their willingness to launch new attacks, likely trying to bac...