the threat of an iranian blockade of the narrow strait of hormuz is escalating global tensions sanctions against tehran have begun to bite and it seeks to retaliate by cutting off vital shipping routes for crude oil the specter of a preemptive israeli strike has us officials on edge as they struggle to keep the world from plunging into the abyssstymied in its efforts to uncover the sources of funding that bolster the iranian nuclear program the state department calls on marc royce to investigate with little to go on hell have to rely on an old ally kitra korban has ties to people with the means to get things done so long as no questions are askedbut iran is on the brink of nuclear capability and time is running out