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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Peter Beaumont and agencies

US launches third night of strikes on Iran as Trump announces Hormuz blockade

Aerial footage shows a large plume of smoke rising from an explosion near buildings and a road
This screengrab taken from video footage shared by US Central Command of a strike on an Iranian position on 13 July. Photograph: US Central Command

The US has launched its third consecutive night of strikes on Iran hours after Donald Trump said Washington would reinstate a maritime blockade on the country and, in an apparent policy reversal, charge ships for safe passage.

“These strikes will continue imposing a heavy cost on Iranian forces and degrade their ability to attack innocent civilians and commercial shipping in the strait of Hormuz,” the US military’s Central Command said.

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