Veterans Of 1980s 'Tanker War' See Parallels In Current Hormuz Crisis
- By RFE/RL,
- Amos Chapple,
- Margot Buff and
- Will Tizard
The US military said it would begin a blockade of ships traveling to and from Iranian ports following the failure of US-Iranian peace talks on the weekend. Former sailors who navigated tankers through the Strait of Hormuz during the Iran-Iraq War of the 1980s told RFE/RL that today’s crisis echoes that conflict four decades ago.