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'China helping prop up Iran's regime': Nikki Haley says ship seized by US linked to chemical shipments for missiles

The Chinese vessel seized by the United States in Strait of Hormuz was headed to Iran to help "prop-up" the regime, claimed Indian-American politician Nikki Haley on Tuesday. China, however, denied the claim and said that the ship seized was a "foreign container" vessel.

"The ship the US seized in the Strait of Hormuz this weekend was headed from China to Iran and is linked to chemical shipments for missiles. It refused repeated orders to stop," Haley said in a post on X.

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