WILLIAM BRANGHAM: Welcome to the "News Hour."

President Trump said tonight that the war with# Iran will likely last anothe.. but the blockage of the Strait of Hormuz# continues to be a problem for the U.S.,## and the president again lashed out# at allies for not doing more to help.

Iran's de facto blockade of that# waterway has driven up the cost## of oil worldwide and sent American gas# prices to their highest level in years.

Overnight, targets outside the ancient,## historic Iranian city of Isfahan were# set ablaze by U.S.

strikes, home to a## large ammunition depot in one of the country's# main nuclear complexes, now a towering inferno.

President Trump posted this# video to his social media,## projecting U.S.

strength before,# hours later, conveying frustration.## The president said that nations that were upset# by Iran's choking of the Strait of Hormuz,## through which a fifth of the world's oil normally# flows, should take matters into their own hands.

"Go to the strait and just take# it," the president wrote.

"You## have to start learning how to fight# for yourself.

Go get your own oil."

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth today# directed more blame on U.S.

allies,## who have so far refused to# participate in this war.

PETE HEGSETH, U.S.

Defense Secretary: This is an# international waterway that we use less than most,## in fact dramatically less than most.

So# the world ought to pay attention to be## prepared to stand up.

President Trump's been# willing to do the heavy lifting on behalf of## the free world to address this threat of Iran.# It's not just our problem set going forward.

WILLIAM BRANGHAM: Iran has allowed some ships to# pass through the strait, including from China,## India and Malaysia.

The U.S.

claims up to# 20 tankers are expected to pass through## in coming days.

But Iran's attacks# in and around the strait continue,## including a drone strike on a fully loaded# Kuwaiti oil tanker off the coast of Dubai.

The attack punctured its hull and set# the ship ablaze.

The crew managed to put## out the fire before it ignited its cargo# and no oil was spilled.

But attacks like## these have sent shockwaves through global oil# markets.

Dozens of oil and gas facilities have## been targeted and damaged by Iran's retaliation,# including fields, refineries, storage and ports.

And as fuel prices have soared worldwide, here in# the U.S., the price at the pump hit $4 a gallon,## the highest level since 2022, the national average# up more than a dollar since before the war began.

PETE HEGSETH: President Trump# will make a deal.

He is willing.

WILLIAM BRANGHAM: Secretary Hegseth said# talks were ongoing and gaining strength,## despite Iran's public denials.

But he# said the U.S.

was prepared to ramp up## the war if Iran didn't yield to U.S.

demands.

PETE HEGSETH: We don't want to have to# do more militarily than we have to.

But## I didn't mean it flippantly when I said in# the meantime we will negotiate with bombs.

WILLIAM BRANGHAM: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs# General Dan Caine added that the U.S.

military## campaign was increasingly limiting Iran's# ability to replace what had been destroyed.

GEN.

DAN CAINE, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff:# We remain focused on interdicting and destroying## the logistical and supply chains that feed# these programs.

And this remains a truly## joint effort prosecuted around the clock# from air, land sea, space, and cyberspace.

WILLIAM BRANGHAM: Iran's Revolutionary Guard# hit back today with a new threat, saying it## will soon target U.S.

companies in the region,# including Google, Apple, Intel, and Boeing.

Meanwhile, in Iraq, the U.S.

State Department# said it's aware of the reported kidnapping of## an American journalist there, identified# as Shelly Kittleson by one of the outlets## that she worked for.

A U.S.

official said a# member of an Iranian proxy known as Kataib## Hezbollah was arrested on suspicion# of being involved in the kidnapping.

Today, a defiant Israeli Prime Minister# Benjamin Netanyahu said Iran could no## longer threaten Israel's existence and promised# to speak soon about new alliances in the region.## And the U.S.

is reportedly adding even# further to its forces, dispatching a## third aircraft carrier strike group to# the Middle East, the USS George H.W.

Bush.

But Secretary Hegseth would not stay today# if the U.S.

would deploy ground forces.

PETE HEGSETH: We're not going to# foreclose any option.

You can't## fight and win a war if you tell your# adversary what you are willing to do## or what you are not willing to do,# to include boots on the ground.

WILLIAM BRANGHAM: All options open# to a potentially open-ended conflict.