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For the second night in a row, the United States and Iran both held back from launching strikes at each other.
Oman is working toward a transit deal for the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway that ships must cross to move between the Persian Gulf and the open ocean.
Mediators are trying to prevent the situation from escalating back into full-scale conflict. What a Hormuz transit deal means The Strait of Hormuz is a geographic chokepoint.
It is the only sea route connecting the Persian Gulf to the Indian Ocean, and Iran controls the waterway's northern shore.
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