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After oil increasingly left the Gulf, Iran is trying to regain its stranglehold on shipping

By Tim Lister and Aida Karimi, CNN (CNN) — Iran is stepping up attacks on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz and Persian Gulf in an effort to restore its leverage over the critical waterway. There have been more than a dozen strikes on shipping since the end of September, reducing the volume of oil...

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