According to CoinMeta, and as reported by Xinhua News Agency, on the 9th, the Islamic Republic of Iran's Broadcasting and Television Station cited officials from the Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards as saying that after the "enemy" navigation assistance systems in the southern part of the Strait of Hormuz were destroyed, "oil smuggling" activities through that strait have been completely halted. The report noted that no vessels passed through the Strait of Hormuz via the "unauthorized" routes on the night of the 8th. In addition, on the evening of the 8th, the United States attacked parts of the Iranian island of Qeshm in the south. Nafisi, the deputy governor of Hormozgan Province, stated that no critical infrastructure or service facilities on the island were damaged, and that the current situation is under control. Relevant departments have entered a state of "full alert."