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U.S.-Iran negotiations in Pakistan end without agreement over Iran's nuclear weapons program.
Two U.S. Navy warships transit the Strait of Hormuz for the first time since the start of the Iran War.
U.S. forces begin operations to clear Iranian sea mines from the Strait of Hormuz.

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