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The Times of India
The Times of India
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TOI World Desk

Strait of Hormuz: How Trump gave Iran a weapon deadlier than any nuke

For decades, the US and its allies poured billions into cyberattacks, assassinations of scientists, economy-destroying sanctions and grueling diplomacy to block Iran's nuclear ambitions.

Yet after a brutal month-long war with joint US-Israeli forces, Tehran may have gained something deadlier than any atomic bomb from President Donald Trump: Dominance over the Strait of Hormuz.

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