Conflict & Security
CENTCOM says naval blockade halted Iran's oil exports as over a billion barrels crossed Hormuz
September 19, 2026 at 03:58 PM
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MAMasrawy
سنتكوم: أخرجنا أكثر من مليار برميل نفط من منطقة الخليج خلال شهرين | مصراوي
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MAMasrawy
القيادة المركزية الأمريكية: إيران لم تصدّر برميلا واحدا بفضل حصارنا المحكم
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AJAl Jazeera Arabic
10 ملايين دولار خسائر يومية.. الحصار البحري يفرض على إيران خيار النقل البري
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سنتكوم تكشف حصيلة عبور ناقلات النفط عبر مضيق هرمز
(opens the publisher’s site)U.S. Central Command said more than one billion barrels of Gulf oil crossed the Strait of Hormuz over two months, while a naval blockade halted Iranian crude exports.
- CENTCOM commander Brad Cooper said U.S. forces supported the transport of over one billion barrels of crude oil from Gulf states through the Strait of Hormuz in two months.
- Cooper said more than 2,000 commercial ships transited the strait under coordinated U.S. protection.
- Cooper said the strait's main transit lanes were free of mines.
- Cooper stated Iran had not exported a single barrel of oil due to the blockade.
- Iran shifted a growing share of its trade to land routes, railways and the Caspian Sea, relying on nearly 20 border crossings, Al Jazeera reported.
- Daily losses were estimated at $10 million, with truck congestion piling up at frontiers with Turkey, Armenia, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
- The Iran-China chamber estimated the blockade adds $18 billion in annual costs, exceeding 120% food inflation.