# Iran mocks US military initiative to disrupt supply routes

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/iran-mocks-us-military-initiative-to-disrupt-supply-routes/
- Published: 2026-11-09T03:33:34+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-09T04:21:53+00:00
- Original publisher: Middle East Eye (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/iran-mocks-us-military-initiative-disrupt-supply-routes
- Topics: Americas, Middle East, World

## Key points

- Iran’s IRGC says the US Iron Gate plan will not achieve its aims.
- The initiative targets goods moving through land borders and the Caspian Sea.
- Iran says it has prepared for economic pressure and kept regional ties.

## Summary

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has dismissed a new US military initiative aimed at restricting goods moving through Iran’s land borders and the Caspian Sea. Its spokesman called the plan “merely wordplay”, as tensions continue over shipping routes and Washington’s blockade.

Hossein Mohebbi said the US would not force Iran into economic collapse and noted that an earlier prediction of collapse within two weeks had not come true. He said Tehran had prepared for economic pressure and maintained close ties with neighbouring countries. The comments followed the US Central Command’s announcement on Saturday that it had established Task Force Iron Gate.

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