One-fifth of the global oil is shipped through the strait, which remains effectively closed amid US-Israeli war on Iran.

Ebrahim Jabari, a senior adviser to the IRGC's commander-in-chief, reiterates that the Strait of Hormuz is 'closed'.

The Strait of Hormuz, a waterway that runs alongside Iran and through which roughly 20 percent of the world's oil supply runs through has been blocked.