The US Navy says a small Iranian vessel charged an American ship in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday; the strait is one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes for oil. Carol Hills interviews Mehran Haghirian, about the situation. He’s a PhD candidate at Qatar University and the director of regional initiatives at the Bourse and Bazaar Foundation.
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