JD Vance, the U.S. vice president, said about the Iran war: “Because the Iranians are creating fear and panic in international shipping, energy prices have increased. We, of course, will also try to counter these actions.”

The Trump vice president added: “When we took action to ensure that Iran would not have nuclear weapons, they responded by disrupting international shipping.”

Vance added: “We will, of course, do our best to protect the free flow of trade as much as possible. That is what the U.S. Navy has done.”

The Trump administration vice president said: “We are still seeing a significant volume of oil and gas passing through the Strait of Hormuz, despite the fact that Iranians, every day and continuously, bother ships.”