US Creates 'Iron Gate' Task Force to Monitor Iran's Caspian Routes — Moscow and Tehran Respond with Sharp Criticism
US Central Command announced the creation of the 'Iron Gate' task force, whose mission is to block shipments of weapons and dual-use goods to Iran by land and across the Caspian Sea. Russia's Foreign Ministry called the plan a threat to the rights of Caspian littoral states, Tehran and Moscow declared coordination, and ISW analysts described existing sanctions-evasion schemes. At the same time, tension persists in the Strait of Hormuz.
Aziz Karimov