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US-Iran: Why are tensions escalating?
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July 12, 2026
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4:52Now PlayingOver the last 48 hours, what should have been a moment of peace between Iran and the US appears to be getting out of control.
Sky's military analyst Sean Bell says an Iranian attack on a commercial vessel in the Strait of Hormuz has started a sequence of escalating events between the two countries.
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