Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said on Thursday the Strait of Hormuz should remain closed as a tool of pressure.

In ⁠a message read out by a state TV broadcaster, the first the new supreme leader has issued since he was appointed ⁠to succeed his slain father, Mojtaba said all U.S. bases in ⁠the region should be closed as they would ⁠be attacked.

Source: Reuters