U.S. military seeks to disrupt Iran’s land routes, expanding on naval blockade
The Washington Post's Maegan Vazquez reports the U.S. military has formed Task Force Iron Gate, a roughly 20-person unit based in Tampa, to restrict Iran's use of overland routes and the Caspian Sea to move weapons and prohibited materials, building on July's naval blockade of Iranian ports. Adm. Brad Cooper says the task force reinforces the "ironclad blockade" that Central Command says has already blocked more than $25 billion in Iranian crude oil exports.
