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US and Iranian Forces Clash in Persian Gulf as Oil Tankers Are Damaged

United States and Iranian forces exchanged heavy fire in the Persian Gulf, damaging multiple oil tankers and pushing crude futures toward $100 a barrel as regional hostilities intensified.
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