Iran, Qatar hold Hormuz talks as US blockade chokes Iran oil imports

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Iran's top diplomat met his Qatari counterpart on Thursday in Tehran for talks on the strategic Strait of Hormuz, as a US naval blockade squeezes oil supplies to Iran amid a domestic shortfall.

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