Ireon Gate Blockage: CENTCOM has created a new task force called "Iron Gate." This task force will coordinate with other US agencies, preventing the movement of advanced weapons systems, dual-use technologies, sanctioned materials and illegal revenue streams across Iran’s land borders and the Caspian Sea. The U.S. aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) is expected to arrive in the CENTCOM area within a week. It could, however, replace the USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77), thereby maintaining the number of U.S. aircraft carriers deployed in the region at two.

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