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US strikes Bushehr as Iran's parliament tables bill to control Hormuz

Iran struck two ships in the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, killing one crew member and injuring eight others, as the US reimposed a blockade on Iranian ports and Trump said Washington was "taking control" of the waterway, in the sharpest escalation since the framework deal signed last month.

US strikes also hit the port city of Bushehr — which hosts Iran's only civilian nuclear power plant — with deputy provincial governor Ehsan Jahanian saying "four points in the city of Bushehr were hit by enemy projectiles at noon," according to state-run news agency IRNA.

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