According to Brad Cooper, admiral and commander of the US Central Command (CENTCOM), he did not see the IRGC forces while flying over the Strait of Hormuz visiting more than 50,000 US military forces in the Middle East because, according to him, the Iranian navy is "completely at the bottom of the sea". In a video message, Cooper claimed that the American forces sank the Iranian fleet earlier this year and cleared the main shipping lanes of the strait from mines, and since the summer the partners of the Persian Gulf countries have helped in the export of more than one and a half billion barrels of crude oil. According to him, with the "iron blockade on Iran's ports", they prevented Iran from exporting even a drop of oil.

According to Brad Cooper, admiral and commander of the US Central Command (CENTCOM), he did not see the IRGC forces while flying over the Strait of Hormuz visiting more than 50,000 US military forces in the Middle East because, according to him, the Iranian navy is "completely at the bottom of the sea". In a video message, Cooper claimed that the American forces sank the Iranian fleet earlier this year and cleared the main shipping lanes of the strait from mines, and since the summer the partners of the Persian Gulf countries have helped in the export of more than one and a half billion barrels of crude oil. According to him, with the "iron blockade on Iran's ports", they prevented Iran from exporting even a drop of oil.