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Iran-controlled Hormuz islands back in focus
With little sign of momentum in peace talks between the US and Iran, attention has returned to three small islands that are crucial to controlling the Strait of Hormuz. Lying at the mouth of the Gulf chokepoint, the islands — Abu Musa, Greater... Read more.
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