Trump rejects Iran’s strait of Hormuz closure claim as battle for control continues

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US and Iranian attacks push ceasefire to point of collapse as tensions escalate across Gulf region

Donald Trump has rejected Iranian claims to have closed off the strait of Hormuz, as both sides battled for control over the waterway, leaving a ceasefire agreed last month at the point of collapse.

US forces said they had attacked 140 targets in Iran on Saturday night and Sunday morning, after Tehran struck and disabled a container ship in the strait, whose transit it said had not been approved. In a statement, US Central Command said its targets had included missile and drone sites, naval facilities, ammunition depots, communication networks and surveillance locations.

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