An Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) official told Iran's state broadcaster IRIB that after destroying enemy navigation aids on rocks in the southern Strait of Hormuz, no violating vessels were able to enter the illegal channel, and oil smuggling traffic through that route had "completely stopped." The United States has not yet responded to the development. Currently, Gulf states are transporting oil and gas via ship-to-ship transfers under the escort of the U.S. military.