A person points at a page on the Marinetraffic website that shows commercial boats traffic on the edge of the Strait of Hormuz near the Iranian coast on March 4, 2026. Julien de Rosa/AFP via Getty Images
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on March 30 that the Trump administration has options to address the possibility that Iran would block the Strait of Hormuz or impose a toll on oil tankers.
President Donald Trump on Monday morning warned Tehran that the U.S. military could blow up Iranian energy infrastructure if the regime does not move to open the strait, a key waterway that connects the oil-rich Persian Gulf nations with the broader Indian Ocean. But he also stressed that talks between the two nations are ongoing, and progress has been made.
