US Central Command established Task Force Iron Gates to cut off the ground delivery of weapons and dual-use technologies to Iran. A group of 20 employees will be located in Florida and will stop the smuggling of sanctioned materials and illicit financial flows.
The new structure expands the direction of American control: alongside the existing measures at sea, Washington intends to act against land supply routes. Both military cargo and dual-use technologies will be under control.
The US military says the naval blockade has already prevented Iran from exporting more than $25 billion worth of crude oil. This amount is given as an estimate of the effect of the existing restrictions. The establishment of a separate group for land routes shows the intention of the US to simultaneously influence the supply of technology, the movement of cargo subject to sanctions and the financial support of such operations.
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