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    <text>Iranian lawmaker Ebrahim Azizi says that Iran will introduce new mechanism to regulate maritime traffic through a designated route in the Strait of Hormuz and charge fees for ships entering the waterway. </text>
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      <text>Chinese supertanker Yuan Hua Hu, which carries 2 million barrels of Iraqi crude, crosses the Strait of Hormuz after previously being stranded in the Gulf for two months following the Iran war. The crossing comes ahead of a upcoming meeting between U.S. president Donald Trump and Chinese president Xi Jinping. </text>
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    <text>Chinese supertanker &quot;Yuan Hua Hu&quot;, which carries 2 million barrels of Iraqi crude, crosses the Strait of Hormuz after previously being stranded in the Gulf for two months following the Iran war. </text>
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      <text>U.S. President Donald Trump orders the United States Navy to open fire on any Iranian vessels placing mines along the Strait of Hormuz. </text>
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    <text>United States president Donald Trump orders the navy to open fire on any Iranian vessels placing mines along the Strait of Hormuz, after the military reportedly observed an Iranian mine-laying operation. </text>
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    <text>Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy seizes two vessels after attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz. A third vessel is also reportedly &quot;disabled off Iran's coast&quot;. </text>
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    <text>At least three oil tankers pass through the strait, including the Panama-flagged &quot;Peace Gulf&quot;, which took the new route through Iranian waters as instructed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. </text>
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      <text>In a notice to seafarers, the U.S. Central Command announces that a blockade is now in effect, with all unauthorized vessels in the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea east of the Strait of Hormuz subject to interdiction. </text>
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    <text>In a notice to seafarers, the U.S. Central Command announces that a blockade of Iranian ports is now in effect, with all unauthorized vessels in the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea east of the Strait of Hormuz subject to interdiction. </text>
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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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    <text>Gabon-flagged oil tanker &quot;MSG&quot; 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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    <text>The first vessel from Malaysia passes through the Strait of Hormuz after talks between Malaysian prime minister Anwar Ibrahim and Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian aimed at securing clearance for 7 stranded Malaysian vessels in the waterway. </text>
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    <text>Military command spokesperson Ebrahim Zolfaghari says that Iran will allow vessels and ships from Iraq to use the Strait of Hormuz. </text>
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