Trump says Iran is sealed off. But can new US task force stop weapons flow?

It was another bold statement from United States President Donald Trump: An edict in his usual inflated style, claiming that the US had almost sealed Iran off from the rest of the world.“Very little gets into, or out of, Iran!” the US president posted on his Truth Social account on Sunday, a day after the US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced its latest plan to choke Tehran’s military supply networks.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Iran threatens to ‘rain down hell’ if US escalates warlist 2 of 4Rubio says war on Iran unpopular but ‘necessary’ to stop nuclear threatlist 3 of 4Who are the seafarers caught in the US-Israeli war on Iran?list 4 of 4Iran’s authorities harden domestic security controls amid US strike threatsend of listOn Sunday, CENTCOM announced Task Force Iron Gate – a unit targeting land routes and the Caspian Sea, which will aim to prevent Iran from using ground routes to transport advanced weapons and other materials.Trump’s message on Truth Social claimed that the task force was “in full force and effect” in Iran – and that between this and the US naval blockade of the strategic Strait of Hormuz, the US had virtually cut off what enters and exits the...