CENTCOM chief says US forces escorted more than 2,000 transits and over a billion barrels of crude out of the Gulf
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Adm. Brad Cooper, head of US Central Command, said in a video statement that US forces had helped more than one billion barrels of crude leave the Gulf through the strait in roughly the past two months and assisted over 2,000 commercial transits, while the blockade had cut Iran's exports to zero, The Times of Israel reported. He said the main transit lanes were clear of Iranian mines. The figures are CENTCOM's own and were not independently verified.
- When
- 19 September 2026
- Where
- Strait of Hormuz, No single country (military events are placed no finer than town or district, except known fixed sites)
- What
- shipping disruption · military
- Acting party
- United States Armed Forces
- Against
- Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
- Attribution
- Acknowledged by the acting party. CENTCOM describes its own operations.
- In the record
- Published 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC · revision 1 · backfilled
Sources
- Origin of the claim Times of Israel
History
| When | Field | From | To | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC | status | null | reported | P1 backfilled: researched from cited sources and graded by the one rule |
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