PANews reported on April 20 that, according to Xinhua News Agency citing a report by the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting on April 19, the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy has designated a new shipping route from south of Hormuz Island to south of Larak Island. The report stated that the route, named the "Larak Corridor," is off-limits to the Revolutionary Guard Navy without its permission.

Earlier reports indicated that a spokesperson for the Iranian Armed Forces' Hatham Anbia Central Headquarters stated that the US military attacked an Iranian container ship in the Gulf of Oman on the 19th, and the Iranian Armed Forces subsequently launched multiple drones to strike several US warships.