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    Blinken: Iran will be punished for attack on oil tanker

    US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday once again vowed to punish Iran for its recent attack on a tanker off the coast of Oman, saying the world cannot allow "impunity."

    Speaking to a virtual Security Council session on maritime security and quoted by AFP, Blinken said the explosions in late July on the Israeli-linked MT Mercer Street were "part of a pattern of attacks and other provocative behavior."

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