Iran Update - Dec 20

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Iran's Revolutionary Guard has staged what it called a 'major' military drill around the Strait of Hormuz amid tensions with the US over its nuclear programme.

Military chiefs said the five-day drill will involve ground, navy and airborne forces training in the strategic waterway through which a fifth of the world's oil passes.

The drill, dubbed "Exercise of the Great Prophet", takes place two days after nuclear talks between Iran and other world powers broke up without agreement - following clashes over new demands from Tehran.

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