Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Sunday dismissed a new American plan to ramp up economic pressure on Tehran and block its trade routes. The organization’s spokesman, Hossein Mohebali, claimed the United States won’t succeed in collapsing Iran’s economy through the move.
1+“The ‘Iron Gate’ plan is just word games. The Americans cannot achieve their goals and apply heavy economic pressure that would cause economic collapse in Iran through this approach,” Mohebali told Iran’s Fars news agency.
His comments came in response to the establishment of a new U.S. task force designed to crack down on the transfer of advanced weapons and other sanctioned materials across Iran’s land borders and through the Caspian Sea.
1+The Revolutionary Guards spokesman claimed Tehran prepared in advance for the American measures and maintains close ties with its neighboring countries—which he said will prevent the United States from achieving its economic objectives.