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As U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities drive fears of retaliation, it remains to be seen whether Iran will try to block oil trade via the Strait of Hormuz.

Journal Editorial Report: Lawmakers divided on U.S. role in the conflict. Iran’s Parliament voted Sunday to close the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow sea passage out of the Persian Gulf.

If things were to re-escalate, the Iranian regime could take a worst-case, most damaging counter-measure by blockading the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway between Iran and Oman through which ...

Closing the Strait of Hormuz is one of the ways Iran could retaliate after the U.S. bombed three of the country’s nuclear sites. Here’s what that would mean.

The Strait of Hormuz isn’t the only concern when it comes to flows of crude and other energy products out of the Middle East.

The shipping industry calculated that Iranian leaders would act out of self-interest and leave the strait open—precisely what Tehran did.

The Iranian military loaded naval mines onto vessels in the Persian Gulf last month, a move that intensified concerns in Washington that Tehran was gearing up to blockade the Strait of Hormuz ...

The war between Israel and Iran has raised concerns that Iran could retaliate by trying to close the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most important oil chokepoint due to the large volumes of cr… ...

A research team from the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has released Africa's first high-resolution rice distribution map, featuring a resolution ...