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US military disputes Iran’s Hormuz claims, ship-sinking account

The US military on Thursday rejected claims by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) that Tehran controls the Strait of Hormuz, that a Singapore-registered container ship sank after "striking a naval mine" and that hundreds of American service members had been killed in Jordan. US Central Command, which oversees American military operations in the Middle East, said the US and regional…

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