Hormuz closure must continue to pressure enemies, Iran’s new supreme leader says

IRAN’S newly installed supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, said the closure of the Strait of Hormuz should be maintained as a strategic lever against adversaries, marking his first public comments since assuming the country’s top leadership role. In televised remarks broadcast by Iranian state media on Thursday, Khamenei said the waterway, a critical global energy shipping […]