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US expands attacks on Iran, which calls Strait of Hormuz a 'red line' as it retaliates

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The United States intensified its strikes on Iran, hitting targets farther north. American forces also fired into a ship they accused of trying to break a U.S. naval blockade on the Islamic Republic. Iran retaliated Thursday with missile and drone…

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  1. New York Post

    Iran vows to keep Hormuz strait closed until the ‘end of America’s evils,’ threatens to block more seaways as Trump reimposes blockade (opens New York Post)

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    Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has threatened to close "all other export corridors that benefit the US ​and its allies", Iranian media reported, after Iran shut the Strait of Hormuz and the US reimposed a naval blockade of Iranian ports.

  2. Al-Monitor

    Iran warns Strait of Hormuz is a 'red line' and will resist until the end (opens Al-Monitor)

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    By Jana Choukeir and Nayera Abdallah DUBAI, July 16 (Reuters) - Iran said on Thursday that the Strait of Hormuz was an inviolable "red line", warning that if U.S. President Donald Trump carried out his threat to attack Iran's infrastructure, it would strike all infrastructure across the Gulf region.

  3. News Nation Now

    Iran warns Strait of Hormuz interference is 'red line' for US (opens News Nation Now)

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    Iraq suspended crude loading at Basra oil terminals after a drone struck a nearby tanker.

  4. Newsweek

    Bab al-Mandeb: The Next Strait Iran Is Threatening to Shut Down (opens Newsweek)

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    With the Strait of Hormuz already shut, any attacks in the Red Sea would disrupt the Middle East's two main oil export routes.

  5. KVOA Tucson

    US expands attacks on Iran, which calls Strait of Hormuz a 'red line' as it retaliates (opens KVOA Tucson)

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    The United States intensified its strikes on Iran, hitting targets farther north. American forces also fired into a ship they accused of trying to break a U.S. naval blockade on the Islamic Republic. Iran retaliated Thursday with missile and drone…

  6. PBS NewsHour

    U.S. expands attacks on Iran, which calls Strait of Hormuz a 'red line' as it strikes back (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    The interim ceasefire agreed to last month has collapsed, and the region has endured days of back-and-forth attacks by the U.S. and Iran as they battle for control of the Strait of Hormuz.

  7. Fast Company

    After ceasefire collapse, U.S. expands attacks on Iranian infrastructure to gain control of the Strait of Hormuz (opens Fast Company)

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    The United States expanded its airstrike campaign against Iran early Friday by hitting more bridges, energy sites and collapsing a tower at a key Iranian port, part of U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to start striking infrastructure to pressure Tehran to ease its chokehold on the Strait of Hor…

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