Iran threatening to close the Strait of Hormuz–and cutting off a huge percentage of the world’s oil–is nothing new. In fact, as recently as 2012, the Obama administration had its ...

As tensions between the U.S. and Iran rise, a series of incidents has put a strategic maritime waterway back into the spotlight: The Strait of Hormuz. WSJ’s John Simons explains. Photo ...

Military officials in Tehran said the United States can not stop Iran from preventing oil from passing through the strategic Strait of Hormuz. The Iranian foreign ministry confirmed that Tehran ...

But has President Donald Trump really thought through what would happen to the economic health of the world if Iran retaliates, shutting the Strait of Hormuz, through which much of the world’s ...

[Handout photo/EPA/EFE] France announced on Thursday (30 January) the beginning of the European Maritime Awareness mission in the Strait of Hormuz (EMASoH), intended to ensure the freedom of ...

Photo: Iranian Revolutionary Guard Iran's Revolutionary Guard has released footage showing some of its forces boarding the British tanker Stena Impero in the Strait of Hormuz. Home Browse Series ...