Iran’s Supreme National Security Council secretary told the Iranian Students News Agency the Trump administration has hired “thugs” to smuggle oil in Omani coastal waters and alleged involvement by the UAE military and the CENTCOM commander. He said the operations use small vessels to transfer oil to larger tankers and that Iran “strikes them each night.” He added that while Trump says the Strait of Hormuz is open, “you are smuggling, but the strait is under Iran’s control and we manage it.”