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Middle East crisis live: US launches new wave of strikes on Iran; Tehran says attacks render diplomacy ‘futile’
Iran has sought to establish a permanent system for collecting fees in the strait of Hormuz and warned vessels not to sail without its authorisation The US and Iran have again exchanged heavy missile and drone assaults , with Tehran targeting US facilities in states across the Gulf and saying it had again closed the vital strait of Hormuz. The US military began launching more strikes against Iran at 5 pm ET on Sunday, US Central Command said in a statement, “to continue degrading their ability to attack civilian mariners and commercial ships freely transiting the strait of Hormuz.” Continue reading...
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Iran has sought to establish a permanent system for collecting fees in the strait of Hormuz and warned vessels not to sail without its authorisation The US and Iran have again exchanged heavy missile and drone assaults , with Tehran targeting US facilities in states across the Gulf and saying it had again closed the vital strait of Hormuz. The US military began launching more strikes against Iran at 5 pm ET on Sunday, US Central Command said in a statement, “to continue degrading their ability to attack civilian mariners and commercial ships freely transiting the strait of Hormuz.” Continue reading...
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According to The Guardian’s source item, Middle East crisis live: US launches new wave of strikes on Iran; Tehran says attacks render diplomacy ‘futile’, Iran has sought to establish a permanent system for collecting fees in the strait of Hormuz and warned vessels not to sail without its authorisation The US and Iran have again exchanged heavy missile and drone assaults , with Tehran targeting US facilities in states across the Gulf and saying it had again closed the vital strait of Hormuz. The US military began launching more strikes against Iran at 5 pm ET on Sunday, US Central Command said in a statement, “to continue degrading their ability to attack civilian mariners and commercial ships freely transiting the strait of Hormuz.” Continue reading…
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