Rubio: Iran has completely lost control of the Strait of Hormuz. Iran: Will close the "illegal waterway"

China News Service, October 8. According to comprehensive foreign media reports, on the 7th local time, US Secretary of State Rubio stated that Iran has "completely lost control of the Strait of Hormuz."

"The Strait of Hormuz is open. Almost as much oil is flowing out now as before the conflict broke out. So they have completely lost control of the Strait," Rubio told reporters during a visit to Athens.

On the 7th, Naqdi, adviser to the commander-in-chief of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, said that a few “illegal waterways” in the Strait of Hormuz will soon be closed. He was referring to the southern passage along the coast of Oman.

Nagdi also said that these "few routes" were created by blowing up and destroying some of the rocky passages in the strategic waterway, and that someone "used small boats to smuggle oil and transfer it to tankers."

"The Strait of Hormuz is closed and the Iranian armed forces have full control over it. This situation will continue until Iran's legitimate demands are met," Naqdi added.

Maritime security sources said that the number of tanker attacks in the strait last week reached the highest level since the outbreak of the US-Israeli war against Iraq in late February.