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Tom Place

US denies Iranian claim of missile strike on warship amid Strait of Hormuz standoff

The US military has denied a claim by Iranian state media that Iran hit a US warship which was trying to enter the Strait of Hormuz.

Fars, the semi-official Iranian news agency, said that Iran had stopped the vessel by hitting it with two missiles near Jask island after it ignored Iranian warnings, saying it was “in violation of traffic and shipping security".

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