The US special representative to Iran Brian Hook tells Sky News that credible threats from Iran have forced them to act.
"And so we very quickly re-positioned military assets to defend ourselves and we think that was the right decision.Brian Hook said the US had received credible threats over Iranto beef up defences against potential Iranian threats.
"And so we changed our force posture to be one in a defensive position so that if we're attacked first we can defend ourselves. Officials told the AP news agency that the discussions include additional Patriot missile batteries, more ships and increased efforts to monitor Iran and are aimed at reinforcing security in the region.
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