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Iran said it responded on Saturday by striking targets linked to US forces.<br \/>Saturday&#8217;s attack on a tanker in the strait followed another on a cargo ship on Thursday that triggered the latest escalation.<br \/>Iran has made a fresh bid to assert control over the world&#8217;s most important energy shipping route, which has begun to reopen after months of disruption.<br \/>Britain&#8217;s UKMTO maritime security agency said the tanker hit on Saturday had sustained damage to its bridge, with all crew reported safe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A tanker reported being struck by a projectile in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, Britain&#8217;s maritime security agency said, after the United States and Iran each launched strikes in the worst escalation since they signed an interim peace deal.The warring sides each accused the other of violating the agreement reached two weeks ago to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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