U.S. President Donald Trump said that a new task force is in place to disrupt land routes into Iran that the U.S. military says are used for shipments of weapons and illicit materials.
“Task Force Iron Gate is in full force and effect in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Coupled with history’s greatest Naval Blockade, very little gets into, or out of, Iran!” Donald Trump said.
U.S. Central Command on Saturday announced the formation of a 20-member team to expand on a U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports during the eight-month war.
CENTCOM chief Admiral Brad Cooper said the force “will further constrain Iran’s ability to finance terrorism, rebuild weapons factories, and replenish their military.”
The team of both civilian and military personnel will coordinate with U.S. government agencies on “preventing the movement of advanced weapons systems, dual-use technologies, sanctioned materials, and illegal revenue streams across Iran’s land borders and the Caspian Sea,” the statement added.
