IRGC dubs new US 'Iron Gate' plan as 'wordplay', dismisses economic pressure warning

Iran's Revolutionary Guards on Sunday dismissed the US military's newly launched 'Task Force Iron Gate' as mere "wordplay", saying Washington would fail to achieve its objectives of imposing economic pressure on Tehran or disrupting its trade routes.Hossein Mohebbi, a spokesperson for the Revolutionary Guards, said Iran had made necessary preparations and maintained close communication with neighbouring countries to counter the US initiative."The Iron Gate plan is merely a wordplay, the Americans cannot achieve their objectives of imposing severe economic pressure to cause economic collapse in Iran through this approach," Mohebbi told Fars news agency.The US military launched Task Force Iron Gate to curb Iran's movement of advanced weapons and other sanctioned material across its land borders and through the Caspian Sea.Separately, Abbas-Ali Kadkhodaei, secretary of the expediency council's secretariat, said the Strait of Hormuz gave Iran significant strategic leverage in global affairs.Speaking at a meeting in Tehran, he said recent developments in the waterway had demonstrated the consequences of US policymakers' decisions.Earlier, Iranian armed forces spokesperson Brigadier General Shekarchi also said recent electoral setbacks for the Republican Party in the US midterm polls reflected Washington's failure to break Iran's resolve.He criticised the Trump administration's policies of military aggression and economic pressure, claiming they had failed against Iran.You use AI every day. Now get your AI Quotient. Take the AIQ test.