The announcement marks one of the sharpest geopolitical escalations in the ongoing armed conflict between Iran on one side and Israel and the US on the other. Iran’s all-powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Monday (local time) said that the Strait of Hormuz is "closed" for shipping traffic and warned that any vessel attempting to pass through the strategic waterway would be set on fire, acc... [3126 chars]
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