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US - Iran Marathon Talks Saturday; Impasse; Talks End + CENTCOM Forces Begin Clearing Strait of Hormuz; Two USN Destroyers Pass Through Strait + Report: China Preparing Portable Air Defense Systems for Shipment to Iran
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1. The talks in Islamabad stretched into the early hours of Sunday morning following hours of marathon negotiations, even as Iran warned that Washington was making “excessive demands” over the Strait of Hormuz that could undermine Pakistan’s peacemaking efforts.
2. The US military said on Saturday that it had begun a mine-clearing operation in the Strait of Hormuz, with two US warships passing through the key waterway.
Admiral Brad Cooper, the head of Central Command, said in a statement: “Today, we began the process of establishing a new passage and we will share this safe…
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