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Oil prices near $100 as Hegseth dismisses Strait of Hormuz fears  qz.com

Sea mines threatening shipping in Strait of Hormuz  Fox News

Oil ship Shenlong's long journey to India via Hormuz Strait: Gone dark, fear lurked | India News  Hindustan Times

Pete Hegseth on Strait of Hormuz: 'Don't need to worry about it'  CNBC

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Strait of Hormuz: 'Don't need to worry about it'  CNBC

Hormuz Tracker: Traffic Bottoms Out as Tehran Hardens Blockade  Bloomberg.com

Conflict in the Strait of Hormuz is spilling into the Indian Ocean  Chatham House

Oil crisis deepens as Iran keeps Strait of Hormuz blocked  KTVN

Iran says it will not close Strait of Hormuz but asserts right to secure waterway  investingLive

WASHINGTON, March 13 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said the United States would escort vessels through the Strait of Hormuz if needed, adding in a Fox News interview that aired on Friday that the U.S. would strike Iran "very hard over the next week." Asked about helping oil tankers pass through the key shipping strait, Trump said: "We would do it if we needed to. But, you know, hopefully things are going to go very well. We're going to see what happens." He gave no other details.

Iran has said that it would not allow oil shipments that benefit the U.S. and its allies to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, through which one-fifth of the world’s oil output normally flows. Here's why Iran is blocking the strategic waterway.  facebook.com

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Trump says US would escort oil tankers in Strait of Hormuz if needed President Donald Trump said on Friday that the United States would escort vessels through the Strait of Hormuz if needed and hoped that US-led war efforts would go well. He told Fox News he also planned to strike Iran “very hard over the next week.”

Trump tells Fox News: US would escort oil tankers in Strait of Hormuz if needed  Reuters

Trump tells Fox News US would escort ships in Strait of Hormuz 'if needed'  Reuters

US targeting Iran’s mine-laying capabilities in strait of Hormuz, says military chief, amid global oil shortage – US politics live  The Guardian

"I am worried," a sailor stuck in the Gulf told AFP on Friday, his vessel unable to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, blocked for nearly two weeks after US-Israeli strikes on Iran. "Every day on the ship, I can see missile launches and hear explosions, making me feel like I was in danger," said Wang Shang, 32. Wang, a Chinese national from the landlocked central province of Henan, works on a foreign ship used to transport liquefied petroleum gas sourced from the energy-rich region.

Trump warns Iran as oil tops $100 and Strait of Hormuz tensions rise  cbs19.tv

Hormuz miscalculation? Trump sideswiped by Iran's closure of Strait  The Times of India

Iran's new supreme leader delivers first message, declares Strait of Hormuz will remain closed  KERN Radio