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US Claims Hormuz Control as Iran War Escalates
The US-Iran ceasefire memorandum of understanding expired Monday, with Trump rejecting any extension and declaring Iran should "put up the white flag of surrender." The US now claims operational control of the Strait of Hormuz, through which roughly a fifth of the world's oil supply flows.
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