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US threatens 'devastating' response to any Iran attack on shipping
May 5, 2026
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The United States is not looking for a fight over the Strait of Hormuz and its ceasefire with Iran still holds, but any attack on commercial shipping will be met with a devastating response, the Pentagon chief said Tuesday.The warning from Pete Hegseth came on the second day of a US effort to facilitate the transit of commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran had closed in response to the US-Israeli war against the Islamic republic.
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