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

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The United States has launched a task force to disrupt land transit routes into Iran, expanding restrictions alongside a naval blockade of Iranian ports. The measures come amid an eight-month war and Tehran's restrictions on the Strait of Hormuz, which have choked global energy supplies.

The restrictions would expand on a U.S. 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