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A threat of direct strikes against Iranian infrastructure, issued by President Donald Trump, has sharpened the confrontation over control of a critical waterway.
Tit-for-tat, the approach Trump's warning describes, means matching any hostile act with an equal response: if Iran were to strike American targets, the United States would hit Iranian infrastructure in kind.
The warning is Washington's latest attempt to assert control over the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow passage at the mouth of the Persian Gulf.
What the Strait of Hormuz represents The Strait of Hormuz sits between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula.
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