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.

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.

Satellite images show damage from American B-2 bomber strikes on Iran's nuclear sites at Isfahan and Natanz, with IAEA confirming multiple buildings hit during Operation Midnight Hammer.

Stena Impero being seized and detained between July 19 and July 21, 2019 in Bandar Abbas, Iran as it passed through the Strait of Hormuz, a vital regional shipping channel. Tasnim/Getty Images If ...

Iran is a major producer of oil and also sits on the narrow Strait of Hormuz, through which much of the world’s crude passes. It will go into effect pending a final decision by Iran’s Supreme ...

Iran retains the naval assets and other capabilities it would need to shut down the Strait of Hormuz, a move that could pin any U.S. Navy ships in the Persian Gulf, American military officials say.

Iran's parliament approved a measure June 22 endorsing the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a major oil transportation route, following U.S. airstrikes in Iran.

But Iran can make it hugely expensive, and dangerous, for the U.S. Navy to have to conduct what would most likely be a weekslong mine-clearing operation in the Strait of Hormuz, according to one ...