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Iran, US Make Competing Claims Over Control of Strait of Hormuz

The Strait of Hormuz is "under Iran's control and management," the recently appointed head of Iran's Basij paramilitary unit said on Thursday, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump said the United…

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