U.S. forces have supported the passage of more than one billion barrels of crude oil through the Strait of Hormuz in recent months while Iran has exported none under Washington’s “ironclad blockade,” U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) chief Adm. Brad Cooper announced Saturday.
\n\nCooper said American forces reached the milestone while providing coordinated protection for more than 2,000 commercial ship transits through the strategic waterway.
\n\n“Clearly, momentum is building,” he said in a video update.
\n\nThe volume of crude oil, cargo, and liquefied natural gas moving through Hormuz over the past two weeks is higher than at any point in the six months since the war began on February 28, Cooper said, while the strait’s primary transit lanes remain clear of mines.
\n\n“Over one billion barrels of crude have been shipped from Gulf partners through the Strait of Hormuz, and Iran has exported zero barrels, thanks to our ironclad blockade,” Cooper said.
\n\nSaturday’s update builds on what Cooper called a “major milestone” on August 28, when CENTCOM announced that U.S. forces had cleared Iranian sea mines from the internationally recognized transit lanes through Hormuz after months of dangerous mine-clearing operations.
\n\nCooper said the work was carried out “meticulously and quietly” by…
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