Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton.

President Trump says the U.S. is in serious discussions to end the war in Iran and that progress has been made.

He also says if the street of Hormuz is not open for business immediately, more attacks will come.

NPR's Adipa Shiverum reports.

Trump posted on social media that a deal with Iran will probably be reached. But if it doesn't,

he says the U.S. will resume a tax on Iran, specifically on their electrical plants, oil wells,

and Karg Island, Trump says. The island holds a large majority of Iran's oil exports. He also threatened

Iran's desalination plants. The president had previously said that Iran had

until April 6th to open the straight. The White House did not respond to request for comment on

whether Trump's newest post negates that initial deadline. Deepa Chivaram, NPR News, the White House.

The Iran War continues to rattle global energy markets. NPR's Scott

Horsley reports crude oil prices have resumed their upward climb. Crude oil prices in the U.S.

jump back above $100 a barrel. Retail gasoline prices are hovering just below $4 a gallon.

Traders are trying to sort through mixed signals about the U.S. and Israel's war with Iran.

That country has retaliated

with attacks on energy infrastructure in both Israel and Kuwait. Yemen's Houthi rebels also fired

missiles at Israel, raising concern the Iranian-back group might resume its attacks on commercial

shipping traffic in the Red Sea. That would add another complication for global commerce,

already squeezed by Iran's chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz.

Scott Horsley, I'm here, News, Washington.

Israel's parliament has passed a law approving the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis.

The law makes the death penalty by hanging the default punishment for West Bank,

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