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Strait of Hormuz along a busy street in Tehran, Iran, on Sunday. **Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images** Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images - 🎧 **NPR's Kat Lonsdorf, who is in south Lebanon, tells *Up First* that
Iran. The strait is a vital water passageway through which one-fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies are shipped during peacetime. The collapse in supplies has driven a sharp
blocked all satellite images for public and media usage at the request of the US government since February 28. Iranian satellite imagery, however, has been available. “We can see from the overhead photographs, you know
Hormuz. The US has also lost credibility with European and Middle Eastern allies. His frustration boiling over, Trump lashed out in an Easter Sunday social media post: “Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards
Strait of Hormuz. The move jeopardized potential U.S.-Iran peace talks and came after a senior Iranian official said that Trump's [ceasefire extension "means nothing."](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/22/nx-s1-5795405/iran-middle-east-updates) Meanwhile in Lebanon, Israeli airstrikes killed
strait of Hormuz, and [dismissed Nato as a “paper tiger”](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/08/nato-mark-rutte-trump-iran-war). He has said he is [“absolutely” considering pulling the US out](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/01/trump-says-he-is-absolutely-considering-withdrawing-us-from-nato) of the alliance. And when European leaders were
blocked Peter Mandelson from serving as the UK’s ambassador to Washington had he known he failed [security vetting](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/17/what-happens-security-vetting-peter-mandelson), David Lammy has said, as he attempted to shore up the prime minister
Strait of Hormuz and a US blockade on Iranian ports loom large over the region, even as mediator Pakistan tries to bring the two rivals back to the [negotiating table](/news/liveblog/2026/4/26/iran-war-live-tehran-rejects-talks-under-siege-trump-cancels-envoys-trip). US President Donald Trump
Iran are an important part of the story of Spirit's current woes. But, as we report [in today's *Planet Money* newsletter](https://www.npr.org/newsletter/money), the story of Spirit and other budget airline troubles
block of hearings will run between 4 May and 15 May, after the commission is scheduled to hand down its interim report to the government at the end of April. The first hearings will also