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Iranian official says 'illegal routes' in Strait of Hormuz to soon be blocked

An IRGC adviser said the closures target routes blasted through rocky passages and claimed only 10 ships a day now use the waterway, down from 125 before the war.

  • An adviser to the Revolutionary Guards' Commander announced on Wednesday that transit routes deemed illegal by Iran will soon be closed, targeting the southern pathway hugging Oman's coast in the Strait of Hormuz.
  • Adviser Mohammadreza Naqdi claimed these "few routes" were created by blasting and damaging rocky passages, used by "small boats smuggling oil and transferring it to tankers," challenging pre-war recovery narratives.
  • IRGC adviser Majid Mirahmadi reported only 10 ships transit daily compared to 125 before the war began February 28, denying U.S. Navy involvement in any crude flow recovery.
  • The IRGC said control will continue until Iran's legitimate demands are met; independent data from Kpler showed crude exports reached 18.3 million barrels per day on September 30, topping pre-war levels on 14 days.
  • Persistent Iranian attacks on tankers and logistical constraints in the Gulf of Oman raise doubts about whether current elevated export volumes through the Strait and Red Sea routes can be sustained durably.
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Muhammad Reza Nagdi, Adviser to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRC), assured Iran that it had full control of the Strait of Ormuz and planned to cut off the routes disagreeing with Tehran, FARS reported. "A small number of routes that the violators had managed to create would soon be blocked (...)," he said.

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Traffic routes in the Strait of Ormuz considered illegal by Iran will be closed soon, said on Wednesday to the semi-official news agency Fars an advisor to the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard (IRGC), referring to the route to the south near the coast of Oman.

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The picture given by shipping monitoring companies regarding oil exports from the Persian Gulf is different from what the Guards claim.

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The Times of Israel broke the news in Jerusalem, Israel on Wednesday, October 7, 2026.
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