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U.S. launches task force to disrupt land transit routes into Iran

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U.S. launches task force to disrupt land transit routes into Iran

Washington, United States The U.S. military has announced it will create a 20-member task force to find ways to disrupt land routes into Iran that it says are used for shipments of weapons and illicit materials.

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naval blockade of Iranian ports during the two countries' eight-month war, in which Tehran has also restricted passage through the critical Strait of Hormuz trade route, choking global energy supplies. The task force's work "will further constrain Iran's ability to finance terrorism, rebuild weapons factories, and replenish their military," U.S.