The U.S. government has formally activated “Task Force Iron Gate,” a mission designed to isolate Iran by cutting off its land corridors and Caspian Sea trade routes. President Donald Trump stated the effort is now in full effect and works alongside a naval blockade to ensure that very little enters or exits the Islamic Republic.
The activation of the task force follows a demand from the U.S. Treasury for Iraq to shut all border crossings with Iran except for 2, a request that Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein said was made formally. While Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has already ordered the closure of the Al-Sheeb crossing, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards dismissed the land blockade as “merely a wordplay,” claiming the U.S. is unable to successfully block those routes.



