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Iran seized a container ship linked to Israel on Saturday, as tensions in the Middle East soar. Commandos from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) rappeled down from a helicopter on the ship in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s Tasnim News Agency, which is linked to the IRGC, reported the MSC Aries is associated with London-based Zodiac Maritime, part of Israeli billionaire Eyal Ofer’s Zodiac Group. The ship was last located off Dubai heading toward the Strait of Hormuz on Friday. It had turned off its tracking data, which has been common for Israeli-affiliated ships moving through the reg…

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