Centcom's claim: the main transit routes in the Strait of Hormuz have been cleared of Iranian naval mines. The American Central Command headquarters in the region claimed: Today the commander flew in a helicopter over the Strait of Hormuz and monitored the conditions of the operation. More than 3,000 commercial ships have passed through the Strait of Hormuz with our support in the past six months since our success in clearing the Strait of Hormuz of sea mines, activity in this area has continued in the past months. The main transit routes in the Strait of Hormuz have been cleared of Iranian naval mines.