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Boston Globe - Politics
Live updates - Iran retaliates against Gulf energy sites as stocks sink worldwide. Follow live updates. Israel hit the Iranian capital Tehran with airstrikes Friday morning. Activists reported sounds of the strikes around the city as Iranians marked Nowruz, the Persian New Year.
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