The standoff in the Strait of Hormuz : State of the World from NPR

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Oil tankers sit at anchor offshore in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Saturday, May 2, 2026. Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA / AFP via Getty Images hide captionThe U.S military has begun an operation to end Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz in an effort and re-open the waterway to glob