DUBAI, May 4 (Reuters) - Iran's Revolutionary Guards navy issued a new map of the area of the Strait of Hormuz under its control on Monday, state media reported. The area starts in the west with a line between the westernmost tip of Iran's Qeshm island to the United Arab
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Iran's military warned on Monday that US forces would be attacked if they entered the Strait of Hormuz, after President Donald Trump said the United States would begin escorting ships through the waterway. Negotiations between the two countries have been deadlocked since a