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Why the US and Iran are stuck in a cycle of tit-for-tat strikes

Financial Times
Wednesday, July 8, 2026 at 2:51 PM
~4 min read

Original Report

Trump’s push to get ships moving through the Strait of Hormuz keeps colliding with Tehran’s resistance to cede control

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