Admiral Brad Cooper, commander of the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), claimed in a statement that the military assisted in the transport of more than one billion barrels of crude oil through the Strait of Hormuz in recent months, aboard over 2,000 tankers and vessels. In addition, he said that Iran has not managed to export even a single barrel of oil, thanks to the U.S. military blockade on its ports and vessels.

