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IRGC says Hormuz fully sealed off as it has become 'highly perilous'
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy claims the Strait of Hormuz has been fully sealed off due to 'crimes of the US military', preventing oil and gas shipments. The IRGC reported stopping four ships and attributing two oil tanker explosions to mines in the strait.
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