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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jeanine Herbst. In Iran, the US resumed a naval blockade on the Strait of Hormuz today. NPR's Quil Lawrence reports Iranian and US strikes seem to have intensified, weakening a ceasefire agreement.

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A ceasefire paused the war in April, but Iran and the US immediately disagreed on how a June memorandum of understanding dealt with shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway for oil and other products worldwide. This week, President Trump ordered a resumption of the blockade on maritime traffic to and from Iran and stepped up missile attacks on Iranian targets. Iran, in turn, has been striking US allies in the region and hitting tankers it says are violating Iran's claim of control over the strait. From April through June, the US-enforced blockade allowed dozens of aid shipments through but turned back one hundred forty vessels and fired on nine that did not comply. Quil Lawrence, NPR News.

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Pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil has filed a lawsuit alleging a, quote, public-private conspiracy to target critics of Israel. As NPR's Kat Lonsdorf reports, the suit claims that the federal government and several private groups worked together to suppress supporters of