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Iran threatens to keep Hormuz shut; Houthi strike kills six, and more
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The newly appointed secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council said the Strait of Hormuz would not reopen until America “changes its behavior” and accepts Iran’s conditions for ending the war, according to Iranian state media; The Houthis said they attacked a cargo ship in the Bab al-Mandab strait that was transporting Saudi military equipment
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