Live from NPR News in Washington, this is Korva Coleman.
The U.S. Military says it has disabled three oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman this week.
U.S.
Central Command says the latest stop happened yesterday when a tanker
crew with Iranian oil did not follow directions from U.S.
Forces and it violated the U.S. blockade on Iranian ports.
The ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran is fragile.
The U.S. says it fired on sites in Iran for the second night in a row.
Iran says it fired on U.S. sites in Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar.
Retired U.S. General Joseph Votel formerly led U.S.
Central Command.
He says the latest U.S. strikes included powerful missiles.
"I think one of the things we've seen in the last 24 hours is that these Tomahawk strikes,
some of these were impacting relatively close to Tehran,
which again is really focused on sending a very, very clear message. So there's a lot of things
we can do. But my concern would be mostly on their ability to create an unsafe..." He spoke to NPR's Morning Edition.
Economists say the war with Iran continues to push up consumer prices in the U.S.
The Labor Department says prices were up 4.2 percent in May compared to the same time a year ago.
NPR's Windsor Johnston says that's the highest inflation rate in three years.
Higher energy costs are already rippling through the economy.