U.S. Central Command has helped around 70 commercial ships pass through the strait in the last three weeks, an official said.

Iran's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has seriously challenged freedom of navigation in the sea lane, raising questions about the future.

A tiny flow of vessels, including some large oil and gas tankers, are making the dangerous transit with help from the U.S. military, in some cases turning off lights and automatic navigation systems.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has vowed to bring Iran's grip on the Strait of Hormuz before the UN Security Council, as a fragile US-Iran ceasefire deal continued to hang in the balance this week. The declaration came as Washington pressed Tehran on multiple fronts — at the negotiating table,

The Strait of Hormuz has been the focus of this war since Iran shut it down in the war's first days. But rarely do American reporters actually get to visit the crucial body of water. Special correspondent Reza Sayah is in Iran and has a rare look at the Strait of Hormuz from both land and water.

Emboldened by its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, Iran is turning to one of the hidden arteries in the global economy: subsea cables beneath that carry vast internet and financial traffic between Europe,

The US military carried out new strikes in Iran Wednesday, targeting a military site that threatened American troops and commercial shipping traffic in the Strait of Hormuz.

The Pentagon said it destroyed every submarine Iran had. Iran’s top naval commander says that is not true, and that domestically built mini-submarines are patrolling the Strait of Hormuz right now in a “trigger-ready state.