Even with a U.S. blockage, geography gives Iran an edge in the Strait of Hormuz, shaping control of a vital global chokepoint ...

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Iran is using a string of islands in and near the Strait of Hormuz as outposts to help control shipping through the Persian ...

Iran’s fortifications on small islands near the Strait of Hormuz boost its power to control the key waterway, and reopening shipping there might require U.S. or allied forces to capture some of those ...

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