Top DOJ officials Bondi, Blanche to brief House Oversight lawmakers on Epstein probe | Fox News

It comes a day after the committee subpoenaed Attorney General Pam Bondi for a separate deposition

By Elizabeth Elkind, David Spunt
Fox News

Published March 18, 2026 10:30am EDT

Top officials in President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) are briefing the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday to aid Congress’ ongoing Jeffrey Epstein investigation.

Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche are expected on Capitol Hill late Wednesday afternoon for a closed-door meeting with House lawmakers.

It comes a day after committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., subpoenaed Bondi for a sworn deposition in connection with the probe, to take place April 14.

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Attorney General Pam Bondi conducts a news conference at the Department of Justice on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025.(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)

“The Committee has questions regarding the Department of Justice’s handling of the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and his associates and its compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act,” the subpoena read.

“As Attorney General, you are directly responsible for overseeing the Department’s collection, review, and determinations regarding the release of files pursuant to the Epstein Files Transparency Act, and the Committee therefore believes that you possess valuable insight into these efforts.”

Both the House and Senate voted in near-unanimous fashion late last year to compel the DOJ to make public all of its files related to Epstein and his accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell.

HOUSE OVERSIGHT SUBPOENAS AG BONDI IN PROBE OF EPSTEIN CASE ‘MISMANAGEMENT’

The Department of Justice released a trove of Epstein documents on Dec. 19 following Trump’s signature on the Epstein Files Transparency Act in November 2025.(Joe Schildhorn/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)

The DOJ said on Jan. 30 that it had released all required documents, but some lawmakers on both sides of the aisle pushed back on that claim.

A DOJ spokesperson also panned the subpoena in a statement to Fox News on Tuesday.

“This subpoena is completely unnecessary. Lawmakers have been invited to view the unredacted files for themselves at the Department of Justice, and the Attorney General has always made herself available to speak directly with members of Congress,” the spokesperson said. “She continues to have calls and meetings with members of Congress on the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which is why the Department offered to brief the committee tomorrow.”

Comer’s subpoena came after a vote by five Republicans and all Democrats on the committee earlier this month, initiated by Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C.

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., speaks to reporters after a closed-door deposition with Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend and confidante of sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 9, 2026.(J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)

Mace said in a statement after Comer followed through on the subpoena, “We moved to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi because the Department of Justice has not complied with the Epstein Files Transparency Act. They claim all files have been released. The facts say otherwise. Key evidence remains hidden from the public and from victims seeking justice.”

The committee’s months-long probe has seen lawmakers hear from figures on both sides of the aisle and non-political players within Epstein’s inner circle.

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Last month, the panel deposed former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in their hometown of Chappaqua, New York. Lawmakers also recently heard from Richard Kahn, Epstein’s former longtime accountant.

Ex-Trump Attorney General Bill Barr and former Trump Labor Secretary Alex Acosta also appeared before the panel.

Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.

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反击欧盟全面禁令 俄罗斯考虑提前对欧盟“断气”

2026年3月18日 22:14 新华社

俄罗斯总统普京3月4日表明，鉴于欧盟有意彻底放弃购买俄天然气，俄方或将提前停止对欧供气。 （路透社）

俄罗斯总统新闻秘书佩斯科夫说，俄方正在考虑提前对欧“断气”事宜。

新华社报道，佩斯科夫星期三（3月18日）在例行记者会上说，关于俄罗斯总统普京此前表示或将提前停止对欧盟市场供应天然气，俄方正在深入研究这一问题。

他说，美以伊战事导致能源市场急剧动荡，造成市场动态难以预测。因此，俄方正在充分考虑所有具体情况，并在此基础上进行深入分析。

普京本月4日称，鉴于欧盟有意彻底放弃购买俄天然气，俄方或将提前停止对欧供气。他强调，这并非最终决定，他将指示政府部门对这个问题进行研究。

欧盟27个成员国1月26日正式通过关于逐步禁止从俄进口管道天然气和液化天然气的法规。对从俄进口液化天然气的全面禁令将于2027年年初生效，对进口管道天然气的全面禁令将于2027年秋季生效。2025年，俄天然气约占欧盟进口总量的13%，价值超过150亿欧元（约221亿新元）。

Trump waives Jones Act for 60 days in effort to ease energy prices

Updated on: March 18, 2026 / 11:28 AM EDT / CBS News

President Trump on Wednesday issued a 60-day waiver of the Jones Act, a move aimed at lowering energy prices by letting foreign ships move fuel between U.S. ports.

The 100-year-old law requires goods shipped between American ports to be carried on ships that are U.S.-built, -flagged and -crewed, and also limits the number of tankers domestic shippers can use.

“President Trump’s decision to issue a 60-day Jones Act waiver is just another step to mitigate the short-term disruptions to the oil market as the U.S. military continues meeting the objectives of Operation Epic Fury,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a post on social media. “This action will allow vital resources like oil, natural gas, fertilizer and coal to flow freely to U.S. ports for sixty days, and the Administration remains committed to continuing to strengthen our critical supply chains.”

The waiver comes as global oil and U.S. gas prices have surged due to the Iran war, and the Trump administration comes under pressure to take steps to tame rising energy costs.

On Wednesday, the average national gas price in the U.S. rose to $3.84 a gallon, up from $2.92 a month ago, according to AAA. Diesel prices have jumped even more, topping $5 gallon this week, which is the highest level since December 2022.

The Trump administration can temporarily lift the Jones Act in the name of national security. But experts are skeptical that a waiver will deliver meaningful cost savings.

A recent analysis from the Center for American Progress, a nonpartisan policy institute, estimates that waiving the law would reduce gas prices by three cents per gallon.

In another move to curb energy prices, the U.S. on Wednesday also eased sanctions on Venezuela to allow U.S. companies to do business with the country’s state-owned oil and gas company. The U.S. Treasury Department is authorizing Petróleos de Venezuela S.A to sell Venezuelan oil to U.S. companies and on global markets.

Edited by Alain Sherter

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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海峡护航计划受挫 特朗普批北约盟友愚蠢

发布/2026年3月18日 22:25

（华盛顿综合电）美国总统特朗普抨击北约盟友在伊朗问题上采取“愚蠢”立场，称对北约感到失望，还改口称，美国不需要任何人帮忙在霍尔木兹海峡护航。

特朗普周二（3月17日）在白宫会见来访的爱尔兰总理马丁时称，北约正在犯下“愚蠢的错误”。他告诉媒体：“我早就想知道，北约是否会支持我们。这是一次很好的考验，因为我们不需要他们，但他们理应支持我们。”

特朗普说，北约盟友都非常支持美国对伊朗展开行动，却拒绝为美国提供援助。被问及是否考虑让美国退出北约，特朗普说，他目前没有考虑这么做，但这“确实是我们应该思考的事”。

针对战争何时会结束，特朗普再次释出模棱两可的信号，称距离霍尔木兹海峡能够安全通行“不会太久”，又说美国“还没准备好离开，但我们会在不久的将来撤离”。

特朗普近日要求其他国家协助维护霍尔木兹海峡这条石油运输要道的安全，并抱怨一些盟友对此反应冷淡。

特朗普周三（18日）又在社交媒体发文，威胁要让盟友自己承担维护海峡安全的责任。他写道：“我想知道，如果我们彻底铲除伊朗这个恐怖主义国家，让使用霍尔木兹海峡的国家来负责所谓的海峡安全会如何？这将让我们一些不作为的盟友迅速行动起来！”

美军打击海峡沿岸伊朗导弹阵地

美军中央司令部周三说，他们当天使用多枚5000磅钻地弹，打击霍尔木兹海峡沿岸的伊朗导弹阵地。美军称，这些地点部署的伊朗反舰巡航导弹对海峡国际航运构成威胁。

分析员指出，目前伊朗仍掌握着海峡的通行权。在特朗普组建护航联盟受挫之际，一些国家正通过直接与伊朗谈判，让它们的船只能够安全穿越海峡。

半岛电视台引述英国伦敦国王学院安全研究副教授克里格（Andreas Krieg）说：“伊朗已经证明，它掌控着海峡的通行条件……它是这一重要咽喉要道的守门人。”

伊朗称，霍尔木兹海峡只对敌人，即美国和以色列的船只关闭。伊朗外长阿拉格齐周三说：“战争结束后，我们要为海峡制定一份新协议，确保在特定条件下的安全通行。”

英国海上贸易行动办公室（UKMTO）的数据显示，自3月1日以来，至少有21艘商船在波斯湾、霍尔木兹海峡或阿曼湾遭到袭击或发生安全事件。

根据海事情报机构Windward周二发布的分析报告，霍尔木兹海峡交通量比战前下降97%。

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德国发旅行警示 吁公民避免前往古巴 | 联合早报

发布/2026年3月18日 22:17

古巴国家电力公司证实，受美国能源封锁导致的严重能源危机影响，古巴全境于3月16日陷入大范围停电。 （法新社）

德国外交部星期三发布旅行警示，鉴于古巴正面临严重能源危机，尤其已波及医疗服务，强烈建议德国公民避免前往当地。

路透社报道，德国外交部星期三（3月18日）发布通告指出，目前飞往古巴的航班与酒店选择有限，且随时可能出现新的临时性限制措施。

本周，古巴经历了一场长达29小时的全国性停电。同时，美国总统特朗普一方面加大对这个共产主义国家的强硬言辞，另一方面也切断了对古巴的石油供应。

How the military is using AI in war

March 18, 2026 / 11:05 AM EDT / CBS News

With Anthropic’s AI systems being ushered out of the Pentagon, a battle is brewing among other major artificial intelligence firms looking to capitalize on this potentially lucrative opening and shape the way AI is integrated into America’s military defense.

Earlier this month, the Pentagon called for Anthropic’s AI technology to be removed from military operations within six months — the result of an escalating feud between the company’s chief executive and the Trump administration. An internal Pentagon memo hinted that Anthropic’s artificial intelligence was being used in key national areas of national security, including nuclear weapons, ballistic missile defense and cyber warfare.

Sources familiar with the U.S. military’s use of artificial intelligence tell CBS News that AI programs — including one created by Anthropic, which the Trump administration has deemed a supply chain risk — are likely being deployed as part of the U.S. operation against Iran.

While the Pentagon has not said exactly how AI tools are being deployed, CBS News spoke with several experts with knowledge of military operations who described the likely scenarios.

“The military is now processing roughly a thousand potential targets a day and striking the majority of them, with turnaround time for the next strike potentially under four hours,” said retired Navy Admiral Mark Montgomery, senior director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracy’s Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation. “A human is still in the loop, but AI is doing the work that used to take days of analysis — and doing it at a scale no previous campaign has matched.”

How AI is used by the military

The Pentagon uses AI in the ways many consumers do — to summarize and distill lots of information at once. According to former Pentagon officials, by analyzing documents, video, and images coming in from the battlefield, AI can help the military war-game out scenarios to minimize casualties and determine which weapons can be most effective.

“We’re living through a military revolution driven by the digital revolution,” said CBS News national security analyst Aaron McLean. “Today’s revolution is driven by the explosion of data: cameras everywhere, smartphones, connected cars. The battlefield is now flooded with information in ways that were unimaginable a generation ago.”

With so much data available, AI has become instrumental in contextualizing it for military personnel at a speed far beyond traditional human analysis.

“There’s now far more data than any room of analysts could process on timelines that matter. AI algorithms sift through it to build targeting packages, assign strike assets and assess damage — nearly instantly,” McLean said.

“The Israel missile defense example makes this visceral: when hundreds of drones and missiles are inbound over a few hours, no human team can decide in real time which ones to intercept, with what, and when. That’s what AI is doing.”

So far, Anthropic’s large language model, Claude, is the only large-scale AI system that’s been operational on the Defense Department’s classified systems.

AI is also used for other administrative functions like research, policy development and procurement, according to Josh Gruenbaum, the commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service, a government agency which helps decide which goods and services to use.

“Our goal has been, and remains, to help agencies become comfortable using this technology and turbocharging output and efficiencies for the American taxpayer, while maintaining an evenhanded approach that welcomes American innovators who strengthen agency missions and enable the lawful deployment of these tools by government without inappropriate impediment,” Gruenbaum told CBS News.

How AI works with physical weapons

AI doesn’t exist in a vacuum on the battlefield — there is still plenty of human oversight and physical tech, including everything from aircraft carriers to drones, from legacy defense contractors like Northrop Grumman, Boeing and Lockheed Martin. The large language models that power AI are not flying the planes or firing the missiles, but they are being used to do a lot of analysis before those things are done.

According to Montgomery, this advancement has compressed operation time from days to hours.

“It’s an important enabler in the military’s ability to rapidly plan and execute war fights,” Montgomery told CBS News, emphasizing that there are still humans in the process, but that AI is used to help plan potential strikes.

A source directly familiar with the military capabilities of Anthropic’s Claude AI told CBS News the main task Claude is doing is sifting through large amounts of intelligence reports, like synthesizing patterns, summarizing findings and surfacing relevant information faster than a human analyst could.

The targeting process remains human-driven, the source said. While Anthropic’s U.S. Government Usage Policy does allow the Defense Department to use Clause for analyzing foreign intelligence, the terms of use require humans to make any decisions on military targets.

CBS News has not been able to independently verify whether Claude systems were used in a Feb. 28 strike that hit a girls’ school in Iran for which the U.S. was likely responsible.

AI is a significant boost to operations, but war could still be fought without it. More traditional legacy contractors still make the vast majority of weapons, according to Montgomery.

“This war is being fought by weapons, 98% by weapons provided by the traditional primes, and they’re doing very well,” Montgomery said. He added that you could fight a war without AI, but it would be “less desirable.” “It definitely is playing a role that will probably only grow campaign after campaign after campaign,” he said.

Big tech’s role in the military — and what’s changing

In July, the Pentagon signed a $200 million contract with the artificial intelligence company Anthropic to integrate Claude into Pentagon systems. That contract has since been canceled following a dispute between the Pentagon and Anthropic’s leaders about who should have final say in setting restrictions on how Claude is used by the military.

Now, the company is suing the federal government, alleging retaliation.”The Constitution does not allow the government to wield its enormous power to punish a company for its protected speech. No federal statute authorizes the actions taken here,” Anthropic said in the lawsuit.

Microsoft and workers from OpenAI and Google have filed amicus briefs in support of Anthropic’s lawsuit.

The Pentagon has a six-month off-ramp period to remove Anthropic’s products from its system, and is still using them in Iran, despite the supply chain risk designation.

Meantime, other companies are getting in on the action. Google announced in a blog post on Tuesday that it is rolling out AI agents for non-classified military uses. On the heels of Anthropic’s fallout with the Defense Department in late February, Sam Altman, CEO of Anthropic rival OpenAI, posted on X about using the ChatGPT maker’s artificial intelligence models in the Pentagon’s classified network. The company then posted about language in their deal with the Pentagon honoring what they refer to as their three red lines on using AI: autonomous lethal weapons, mass surveillance of Americans, and high-stakes automated decisions.

韦伯望远镜揭示宇宙神秘天体“小红点”

2026年3月18日 22:50 / 联合早报

美国詹姆斯韦伯空间望远镜在观测宇宙深处时，频繁捕捉到一种被称为“小红点”的神秘天体。尽管科学家已发现约1000个此类天体，但关于这些红点真实身份，天文学界目前仍无定论。

美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）报道，这些看起来像“宇宙不速之客”的小红点（Little Red Dots，简称LRD）几乎出现在韦伯望远镜（JWST）的每一次深空观测中。

普林斯顿大学天体物理学教授格林（Jenny Greene）形容道：“这是我职业生涯中首次研究一种完全无法理解其外貌成因的天体，称之为‘谜团’绝不为过。”

或是黑洞形成的“婴儿期”

这些天体之所以呈现红色，一方面是因为它们距离极为遥远，在宇宙膨胀过程中，光线被拉长，颜色因而向红色偏移；另一方面，它们本身也可能带有偏红的发光特征。

奥地利科学技术研究院研究组组长马特（Jorryt Matthee）曾于2024年的研究中提出，这些红点可能是被尘埃包围的成长中的黑洞。但他近期指出，相关共识已发生变化，科学家现在倾向于认为，红色并非源于尘埃，而是由黑洞周围环绕的氢气导致。

马特认为，这些“小红点”或是连接普通星系与超大质量黑洞之间失落的环节（missing link）。他指出：“这可能是超大质量黑洞形成的‘婴儿阶段’，我们或许正首次目睹这一过程。”

哈佛-史密森天体物理中心的研究员德格拉夫（Anna de Graaff）通过一项名为“RUBIES”的系统性调查，发现了一个代号为“悬崖”（The Cliff）的特殊红点。这个天体的光谱特征排除了它是普通星系或尘埃黑洞的可能性。

德格拉夫认为，“悬崖”实际上可能是一种“黑洞恒星”。

他说：“我们认为那里有一个黑洞提供动力，黑洞周围被吸积加热的物质发光，照亮周围气体。它们的亮度极高且数量众多，虽然科学直觉告诉我们那是黑洞，但要真正证明这一点仍非常困难。”

这种构想与2006年提出的“准恒星”（Quasi-stars）理论模型不谋而合。这个理论预言了一种并非由核聚变驱动，而是由中心坍缩形成的黑洞驱动、外层包裹着巨大气体云的庞大天体。

韦伯望远镜带来的“惊喜”

由于此前的哈勃望远镜在红外波段的灵敏度和分辨率不足，这些“小红点”直到韦伯望远镜服役后才显露真容。

德格拉夫说，韦伯望远镜耗资100亿美元（约128亿新元），人们正是希望它能发现这些真正未知的领域。目前的发现给人类带来了一个全新的谜题：它既像星系，又像黑洞，还带有一点恒星的特征。

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White House announces state-federal anti-fraud task force headed by Vice President JD Vance

By Charles Creitz
Fox News

Published March 18, 2026 8:37am EDT | Updated March 18, 2026 8:42am EDT

FIRST ON FOX: A top senator involved in slashing red tape will tout a plan requiring line-item proof of every federal tax dollar from entities that receive federal funding.

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, said her move would guard against rampant fraud such as the slew of allegedly fake Minneapolis daycares, adding the measure could have helped prevent wasted taxpayer funds.

Ernst’s bill coincides with the White House announcing a state-federal anti-fraud task force led by Vice President JD Vance, which White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News is a “whole of government effort to fight fraud at the state and federal level” and fulfills another campaign promise.

[CRUZ TARGETS MINNESOTA-STYLE FRAUD WITH BILL FORCING PROOF BEFORE FEDERAL CHILDCARE PAYOUTS]

Quality Learning Center in Minnesota was identified as at the center of an alleged childcare fraud scandal in the state.(Madelin Fuerste/Fox News)

The COST (Cost Openness and Spending Transparency) Act will ensure every government agency lists every project it uses taxpayer money for, as Ernst prepares to lead a Senate Small Business Committee hearing featuring watchdogs like White Coat Waste and Open The Books.

“As I always say, if you can’t find waste in Washington, there can only be one reason – you didn’t look,” Ernst told Fox News Digital.

“But after years of fighting to hold Washington accountable, I’ve also learned that you can’t stop what you can’t see. That’s why this Sunshine Week, I’m leading the COST ACT to post the price on every single project the American public is footing the bill for,” she said.

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Under the COST Act, allegedly fraudulent businesses like Minneapolis daycares would be required to list all of their federal funding.

Such transparency would have exposed Minnesota fraudsters earlier, helping authorities catch scofflaws and alleged tax-dollar thieves.

The COST Act’s official purpose is “to put a public price tag on all projects supported with taxpayer dollars,” according to a copy obtained by Fox News Digital.

Any agency, individual or entity — including those within state and local governments and federal research grant recipients — must clearly report through a press release or other approved documentation any program or project carried out using federal funds, whether fully or in part.

The recipient of taxpayer funds must report the percentage of total costs covered by federal funds, the dollar amount and the portion financed privately.

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It then instructs the Office of Management and Budget — currently led by Director Russell Vought — to review a random sample of such recipients to enforce compliance and publicly report its findings.

A source familiar with the legislation added that the work of citizen journalists in Minneapolis who helped expose the “Quality Learning Center” and other allegedly fraudulent daycares and medical services companies inspired a new requirement to give civilians an outlet for their concerns.

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Vought’s office would have one year to set up such a mechanism for anonymous reports of noncompliance, according to the bill.

“Calling taxpayers’ attention to how and where their hard-earned money is being spent exposes fraudulent spending, like what we saw at the Quality ‘Learing’ Center [in Minnesota], so it can no longer fester in the shadows,” Ernst said on that account.

Charles Creitz is a reporter for Fox News Digital.

He joined Fox News in 2013 as a writer and production assistant.

Charles covers media, politics and culture for Fox News Digital.

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海峡护航计划受挫 特朗普批北约盟友愚蠢

2026年3月18日 22:25 / 联合早报

（华盛顿综合电）美国总统特朗普抨击北约盟友在伊朗问题上采取“愚蠢”立场，称对北约感到失望，还改口称，美国不需要任何人帮忙在霍尔木兹海峡护航。

特朗普周二（3月17日）在白宫会见来访的爱尔兰总理马丁时称，北约正在犯下“愚蠢的错误”。他告诉媒体：“我早就想知道，北约是否会支持我们。这是一次很好的考验，因为我们不需要他们，但他们理应支持我们。”

特朗普说，北约盟友都非常支持美国对伊朗展开行动，却拒绝为美国提供援助。被问及是否考虑让美国退出北约，特朗普说，他目前没有考虑这么做，但这“确实是我们应该思考的事”。

针对战争何时会结束，特朗普再次释出模棱两可的信号，称距离霍尔木兹海峡能够安全通行“不会太久”，又说美国“还没准备好离开，但我们会在不久的将来撤离”。

特朗普近日要求其他国家协助维护霍尔木兹海峡这条石油运输要道的安全，并抱怨一些盟友对此反应冷淡。

特朗普周三（18日）又在社交媒体发文，威胁要让盟友自己承担维护海峡安全的责任。他写道：“我想知道，如果我们彻底铲除伊朗这个恐怖主义国家，让使用霍尔木兹海峡的国家来负责所谓的海峡安全会如何？这将让我们一些不作为的盟友迅速行动起来！”

美军打击海峡沿岸伊朗导弹阵地

美军中央司令部周三说，他们当天使用多枚5000磅钻地弹，打击霍尔木兹海峡沿岸的伊朗导弹阵地。美军称，这些地点部署的伊朗反舰巡航导弹对海峡国际航运构成威胁。

分析员指出，目前伊朗仍掌握着海峡的通行权。在特朗普组建护航联盟受挫之际，一些国家正通过直接与伊朗谈判，让它们的船只能够安全穿越海峡。

半岛电视台引述英国伦敦国王学院安全研究副教授克里格（Andreas Krieg）说：“伊朗已经证明，它掌控着海峡的通行条件……它是这一重要咽喉要道的守门人。”

伊朗称，霍尔木兹海峡只对敌人，即美国和以色列的船只关闭。伊朗外长阿拉格齐周三说：“战争结束后，我们要为海峡制定一份新协议，确保在特定条件下的安全通行。”

英国海上贸易行动办公室（UKMTO）的数据显示，自3月1日以来，至少有21艘商船在波斯湾、霍尔木兹海峡或阿曼湾遭到袭击或发生安全事件。

根据海事情报机构Windward周二发布的分析报告，霍尔木兹海峡交通量比战前下降97%。