The Strait of Hormuz is one of the busiest shipping routes in the world and provides the only sea passage from the Persian Gulf to the open ocean. An average of about 20 million b

Iranian parliament National Security Committee head Behnam Saeedi said closing the key waterway — where roughly one-third of all global seaborne crude oil passes daily — was on the table, according to Reuters, citing the government-backed Mehr news agency.

Pentagon officials are trying to prepare for all of the ways Iran could retaliate, as President Trump hints at what he might do.