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Iran-Iraq Tanker War redux? Why the Strait of Hormuz crisis is different

· By Priyanka Shankar
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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.

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