PANews reported on April 19 that, according to Cailian Press, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bagaei stated that the unconditional transit passage through the Strait of Hormuz "became history" the moment the aggression of the United States and Israel brought US military forces into the vicinity of the Strait. Current international law contains no provisions prohibiting Iran, as a littoral state of the Strait of Hormuz, from taking necessary measures to prevent the strait from being used to launch military aggression against Iran.