The United States has warned Iran that it will not allow any disruption of traffic in the Strait of Hormuz.
The free flow of goods and services through the Strait of Hormuz is vital to regional and global prosperity.
United States maintains the Fifth Fleet as its naval presence in the Gulf to ensure that passage for oil remains free.
one third of the global Oil supplies are routed through the Strait of Hormuz that links the Gulf and the petroleum-exporting states of Bahrain, Iran, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to the Indian Ocean.
