Iran fires on 3 ships in the Strait of Hormuz as US maintains blockade and diplomacy stalls
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran fired on three ships in the Strait of Hormuz and seized two of them on Wednesday, intensifying its assault on shipping in the key waterway. The attacks came a day after U. S. President Donald Trump extended a ceasefire while maintaining an American blockade of Iranian ports. The standoff between the U. S. and Iran has effectively choked off nearly all exports through the strait — where 20% of the world’s traded oil passes in peacetime — with no a...
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