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Strait showdown: CENTCOM opens a new round on Iran as Tehran calls diplomacy 'futile'
A fourth wave of U.S. strikes inside a week hit Iranian military and air-defence targets on 12 July, with CENTCOM publicly asserting that Iran does not control the Strait of Hormuz.

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