Well, the Strait of Hormuz has been the focus of this war since Iran shun it down in the war's first days,

but rarely do American reporters actually get to visit this crucial body of water.

So tonight we have this rare look at the Strait of Hormuz, from the land and on the water,

from special correspondent Rezasea, who was based in Iran.

All right, here we are, the Strait of Hormuz. correspondent Rezasea, who was based in Iran.

All right, here we are, the Scrate of Hormoz. By the way, that's the correct pronunciation.

It's Hormoz, not Hormuz.

This is the waterway that's made headlines over the past three months,

the focal point of the conflict between Washington and Tehran, the waterway that

squeezed the global economy, the U.S. economy, and likely caused you to pay more of the gas

pump. Iranian authorities have granted us permission to come here and look around.

There's no one accompanying us. We have our cameraman Castra behind the lens, Captain Audamin.

And we're going to look around here and show you what it looks like these days in the straits of Hormoz.

In all directions here, we see the impact of the conflict between Washington and Tehran.

Ship after ship, stuck, sitting and waiting, the outcome of a three-month-long Iranian

blockade of any commercial ship with links to what Tehran deems, hostile nations. Last month, Washington answered with its own naval blockade

of ships traveling to and from Iranian ports.

The United Nations says the competing blockades

have stranded roughly 1,500 ships

with more than 20,000 seafarers on board.

Most of the international ships are anchored west of the strait,

deep inside the Persian Gulf.

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