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Start your day informed with Metro’s News Updates<\/strong> newsletter or get Breaking News <\/strong>alerts the moment it happens. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\nMeanwhile, the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, signalled that the talks between Washington and Tehran were continuing despite the military motion.<\/p>\n
When asked concerning the airstrikes, he said: \u2018The straits must be open, they\u2019re going to be open come what may, so that they have to be open.\u2019<\/p>\n
Esmail Baghaei, the spokesperson for Iran\u2019s negotiation team, said that while the parties have made headway on a big a part of the problems, the signing of an agreement was not imminent. <\/p>\n
Monday\u2019s strikes targeted the port city of Bandar Abbas, where an Iranian naval base is positioned, the Recent York Times reports. <\/p>\n
Each the US and Iran have previously exchanged fire throughout the pause in fighting. <\/p>\n
In early May, explosions rocked cities across the Strait of Hormuz, including within the ports of Qeshm Island and Bandar Abbas. <\/p>\n
The US CENTCOM said on the time the strikes were in self-defence and targeted Iranian military facilities, while officials insisted that it didn\u2019t mean that fighting had resumed.<\/p>\n
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