Task Force Iron Gate

Force in Play

Assigned to stop advanced weapons, sanctioned materials and revenue from entering Iran over its land borders or through the Caspian Sea, Adm. Brad Cooper said on November 8.

Iran said two oil tankers hit mines and caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz on November 8. A third vessel also burned, bringing the number of ships hit since the start of November to at least 12. The US military disabled a commercial vessel in the Gulf of Oman, and Iran's Revolutionary Guard later disabled navigation systems on four tankers using a route it considers unauthorized. Ship tracking put Hormuz traffic at about 5% of pre-war levels on November 10.

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