Iran vowed Thursday to make the United States regret attacking the Islamic republic and said it would keep up a chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz that has sent oil prices soaring.

NDTV visited the manufacturing facility of Ajmal Perfumes in Dubai, one of the region’s largest perfume brands, to understand how the situation is affecting the market.

The United States is temporarily allowing the sale of Russian oil that is at sea, the Treasury Department said Thursday, as energy prices soared after US-Israeli strikes on Iran plunged the Middle East into war.