US Vows Unprecedented Iran Sanctions, Indefinite Hormuz Naval Blockade

The United States and Iran are fighting a war.

The US Navy is stopping ships from going in or out of Iran's ports, and the Navy's leader, Pete Hegseth, says America can keep doing this for as long as it needs to.

America's money leader, Scott Bessent, says the US will use new money rules against Iran that have never been used on any country before.

Vice President JD Vance says the most important goal is to keep gas and oil prices low for Americans, and stopping Iran from getting a nuclear weapon comes second.

President Donald Trump sees it differently — he says stopping the nuclear weapon was the whole reason for the war.

Israel told America that Iran planned to hurt President Trump, maybe with a sniper or a knife, but American spies could not prove it.

Iran's army says the US is wrong about ships moving through the Strait of Hormuz, and that no ship passes without Iran's permission.

Two oil tankers from the United Arab Emirates were attacked while sailing through that waterway, but nobody was hurt, and Yemen's Houthi rebels said they fired two missiles at another nearby waterway.

America says it will share more news about its new Iran measures next week.