Tokyo , Japan ( CNN ) -- Toyota Motors said Wednesday it 's halting shipments to Iran following international moves to put financial and commercial pressure on Tehran to curb its nuclear ambitions . `` It is true that Toyota has stopped exports of vehicles bound for Iran , '' Toyota spokesman Keisuke Kirimoto said in Tokyo . The company says the hold on shipments of its popular Land Cruiser , and other cars and trucks is indefinite at this point . `` We plan to continue to closely monitor this sensitive international situation , '' Kirimoto said . The world 's largest automaker made the move in light of U.S. and United Nations sanctions slapped on Tehran in June . The move is largely symbolic . Toyota exported just 222 vehicles to Iran through May of this year , and a similar number in all of 2009 . Toyota does n't have any factories in Iran , and says it stopped shipping vehicles to its Iranian-owned distributor there in June . That move coincided with the United Nations Security Council decision that same month to impose more sanctions on Iran . That package included measures to restrict financial transactions and tighten an existing arms embargo . Iran has consistently denied U.S. and other international claims that its atomic energy program is aimed at producing nuclear weapons .
The company says the hold is indefinite at this time . Toyota 's move is to put pressure on Tehran to curb its nuclear program . The company exported just 222 vehicles to Iran through August of this year .