Washington, United States, Nov 8, 2026 (AFP) - US launches task force to disrupt land transit routes into Iran

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2026-11-08

The US 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. The restrictions would expand on a US 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 "wil......

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