The Tanker War between Iran and Iraq in the 1980s also disrupted global shipping. But the situation today is different. On April 20, the United States fired at and then seized an Iranian-flagged container ship close to the Strait of Hormuz in the northern Arabian Sea, amid its blockade of Iranian ports. It was similar to a scene which played out in the 1980s during th... [12321 chars]
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