Speaking at a press conference in London on Tuesday, he said two British and French warships and the American aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln had entered the Persian Gulf on Sunday.
Hammond added that the decision to send British HMS Argyll sent a “clear signal” to Tehran, The Telegraph reported.
When asked if more resources could be sent, Hammond said, “The UK has a contingent capability to reinforce that presence should at any time it be considered necessary to do so.”
UK defense ministry declined to offer further details on what assets and personnel are currently in the Persian Gulf.
Anti-Iran measures and war rhetoric provoked by the United States and its Western allies are aimed to deny Iran’s right of having peaceful nuclear program.
Iran, as a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency, has the legal right to develop nuclear capability for civilian purposes.