Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston.
President Trump is urging U.S.
allies and other nations to send warships to the Strait of Hormuz.
NPR's Arzu Rezvani reports Iran has been blocking the strait where much of the world's oil supplies typically pass.
President Trump wants China, France, Japan, South Korea, the U.K.,
and other nations to send their warships to the Strait of Hormuz to help secure the key shipping route.
The UK's defense ministry says it's exploring its options,
but so far no country has committed to Trump's call.
Since the start of the war,
Iran has blocked some oil tankers and attacked cargo vessels trying to pass through the strait,
which has led to a huge spike in global oil prices.
Nearly a fifth of the world's oil supply typically passes through this vital oil export route.
The waters off Iran's coast have become a strategic battleground in the war.
The U.S.
bombed military targets on Iran's Khark Island Saturday.
Trump said the U.S.
might hit the island again, quote, just for fun,
if Iran continues interfering with ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz.
Arzu Raspani, NPR News, Erbil, in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.
President Trump is scrambling to ease rising oil prices as Americans feel the impact at the pump.