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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Nadeem Badshah and Lauren Gambino

US-Iran ceasefire under threat after exchange of strikes in strait of Hormuz

Several large cargo ships and vessels in the strait of Hormuz under a hazy sky
Cargo ships on the strait of Hormuz. The new skirmishes jeopardise a shaky ceasefire that had largely held for the previous month. Photograph: Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA/WANA/Reuters

The US and Iran exchanged fire late on Thursday in the most serious test yet of their month-long ceasefire.

Iran accused the US of violating the ceasefire by targeting two ships at the strait of Hormuz and attacking civilian areas, as the US insisted it struck in retaliation.

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