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US strikes Iran as Hormuz shipping lanes remain unsafe
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The United States carried out limited strikes on Iran’s Qeshm Island, officials said, while the International Maritime Organization warned that the Strait of Hormuz remains unsafe because mines may still be present.[1][2] The developments raise the risk of wider regional escalation and disruption to a major global energy and shipping route.