Veterans Of 1980s 'Tanker War' See Parallels In Current Hormuz Crisis

Despite a fragile US-Iranian cease-fire, only a few ships carrying oil and gas are making it through the Strait of Hormuz as hundreds of vessels remain stuck in the Persian Gulf. Former sailors who navigated tankers through the strait during the Iran-Iraq War of the 1980s told RFE/RL that today’s crisis echoes that conflict four decades ago.