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Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps fired on three vessels and seized two others in the Strait of Hormuz on April 22, 2026, hours after President Trump indefinitely extended a ceasefire that Tehran had already rejected as meaningless. The incidents — which sent oil prices climbing and war-risk insurance premiums surging — come amid the largest US military buildup in the Middle East since 2003, a collapsing Iranian economy with 62% inflation, and stalled peace talks over the US naval blockade of Iranian ports.