Gwamnatin Amurka ta ƙara ƙarfafa rundunar sojanta a yankin Gabas ta Tsakiya, ciki har da zuwan manyan jiragen yaki da rundunar USS Abraham Lincoln, a yayin da tashin ƙunci tsakanin Washington da Tehran ke ƙaruwa.
Sojojin ruwan Amurka sun tabbatar da cewa rufin jirgin yaki na USS Abraham Lincoln da wasu jiragen yaki guda uku sun isa yankin, inda suka shiga ƙarƙashin ikon rundunar U.S. Central Command domin tallafa wa ayyukan tsaro da kewaye yankin da ake fargabar tashin hankali.
Bayan isowar jiragen ruwa, Amurka ta kuma fada wasu ƙarin kayan aikin soja ciki har da jiragen yaki F-15E da kuma ƙarin tsarin kariyar iska, wanda zai taimaka wajen kare sojojin Amurka, abokan huldar ƙasa da ƙasa da sha’anin sufuri.
Gwamnatin Amurka ta bayyana cewa wannan matsayi ba lallai ne ya nuna an shirya kai hari ba, amma yana ba da dama ga shugaban ƙasa don zaɓar hanyoyin da za su iya hana yaduwar rikici ko kuma su fuskanci barazana daga Iran idan har ta ci gaba da matsi ko kai hari kan Amurka ko abokan huldarta.
Wannan ƙarin mayar da hankali kan sojoji ya biyo bayan ƙaruwa a muhawarar diflomasiyya da fushin baki tsakanin Amurka da Iran, musamman kan yadda Tehran ke gudanar da zanga-zangar cikin gida da kuma martanin da ake ganin zai iya haifar da rikici mafi fadi a yankin.