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    <text>Gabon-flagged oil tanker MSG crosses the Strait of Hormuz according to MarineTraffic, making it the first non-Iranian oil tanker to cross the waterway since the ceasefire was announced. </text>
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    <date>2026-04-7</date>
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    <text>United States president Donald Trump announces on his Truth Social that, based on conversations with Pakistani prime minister Shehbaz Sharif and field marshal Asim Munir, he has agreed to &quot;suspend the bombing and attacks on Iran for a period of two weeks&quot;, subject to Iran agreeing to the &quot;complete, immediate and safe opening&quot; of the Strait of Hormuz, and to allow time for an agreement to be reached. </text>
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    <date>2026-04-6</date>
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    <text>Iran delivers its response to the United States via Pakistan, rejecting a temporary ceasefire and listing its own 10-point demands, which include a solution to all regional conflicts, lifting of sanctions, reconstruction, and a protocol to re-open the Strait of Hormuz. </text>
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    <date>2026-04-2</date>
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    <text>The United Kingdom hosts a summit with 40 countries to discuss reopening the Strait of Hormuz. </text>
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      <date>2026-03-26</date>
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      <text>Israel say that it killed Alireza Tangsiri commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps navy. </text>
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    <date>2026-03-26</date>
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    <text>Israel claims to have assassinated Alireza Tangsiri, the commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy. </text>
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      <date>2026-03-26</date>
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      <text>U.S. president Donald Trump extends his deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz by ten days, untill 6 April, or &quot;face further assassinations of senior officials&quot;. </text>
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      <date>2026-03-26</date>
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      <text>U.S. president Donald Trump extends his deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz by ten days or &quot;face further assassinations of senior officials&quot;. </text>
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    <text>U.S. president Donald Trump extends his deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz by ten days, until 6 April, or &quot;face further assassinations of senior officials&quot;. </text>
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    <changes>
      <date>2026-03-20</date>
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      <text>U.S. president Donald Trump says that the United States is considering &quot;winding down&quot; military operations in Iran as &quot;we are getting very close to meeting our objectives&quot; and urges the countries that &quot;use&quot; Hormuz to safeguard the Strait. </text>
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      <date>2026-03-20</date>
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      <text>U.S. president Donald Trump says that the United States is considering “winding down” military operations in Iran amidst the deployment of Marines to the Middle East. </text>
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    <date>2026-03-20</date>
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    <text>U.S. president Donald Trump says that the United States is considering &quot;winding down&quot; military operations in Iran as they &quot;are getting very close to meeting [their] objectives&quot; and urges the countries that &quot;use&quot; Hormuz to safeguard the Strait. </text>
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    <text>Iranian supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei issues his first public message since his election in which he says that Iran should continue blocking the Strait of Hormuz and advises neighboring countries to close American military bases in their territory. Khamenei also vows to &quot;avenge the blood of our martyrs&quot;. </text>
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      <text>The Thailand-flagged bulk carrier MV Naree 6 is hit by two missiles, supposedly Iranian, shortly after passing the Strait of Hormuz. Twenty people are rescued and three are reported missing after the vessel catches on fire. </text>
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    <text>The Thailand-flagged bulk carrier MV Naree 6 is hit by two Iranian missiles shortly after passing the Strait of Hormuz. Twenty people are rescued and three are reported missing after the vessel catches on fire. </text>
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      <date>2026-02-3</date>
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      <text>Vanguard Tech claims several Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy gunboats attempt to stop and seize a U.S. tanker in the Strait of Hormuz. The tanker ignored the demands to stop and continued on its journey towards the Arabian Sea under escort of a United States Navy warship. </text>
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    <text>Several Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy gunboats attempt to stop and seize a U.S. tanker in the Strait of Hormuz. The tanker ignored the demands to stop and continued on its journey towards the Arabian Sea under escort of a United States Navy warship. </text>
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    <name>AFP via Arab News</name>
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  <text>The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy announces alternative routes for ships crossing the Strait of Hormuz, citing risks of sea mines in the main shipping channel. </text>
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