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The Iranian navy had recently carried out a war game designed to demonstrate its ability to block the Strait of Hormuz. The threat was explicit: if the West refused to lift their sanctions against Iran as part of its campaign against the Islamic Republic’s nuclear programme, the Strait would be blocked.

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The Iranian navy had recently carried out a war game designed to demonstrate its ability to block the Strait of Hormuz. The threat was explicit: if the West refused to lift their sanctions against Iran as part of its campaign against the Islamic Republic’s nuclear programme, the Strait would be blocked.