
The “Iron Gate” task force is supposed to stop arms deliveries and oil exports
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The USA is already conducting a naval blockade of Iranian ports in order to put economic pressure on Iran. The new Iron Gate task force is intended to extend these measures to land routes and the Caspian Sea.
Washington. In addition to the sea blockade of the ports, the USA also wants to cut off other delivery routes for Iran. The responsible regional command Centcom of the US military formed a task force that, among other things, was supposed to prevent arms deliveries across the mainland and the Caspian Sea. President Donald Trump announced that the task force called “Iron Gate” was already active. “Very little” could get into Iran or leave the country, Trump wrote on his online platform Truth Social.
The US government sees the naval blockade as a way to bring Iran to its knees economically. The main aim is to dry up income from Iranian oil exports. Centcom said the measures on the mainland and the Caspian Sea were intended to prevent deliveries of technology that could also be used militarily.
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The Iron Gate Task Force will further restrict Iranian oil exports and deliveries of military-use technology over land and the Caspian Sea.
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