Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei says Strait of Hormuz should remain shut
Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei says Strait of Hormuz should remain shut
ReutersThu, March 12, 2026 at 1:36 PM UTC
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FILE PHOTO: Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, the second son of late Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, attends a meeting in Tehran, Iran, October 13, 2024. Hamed Jafarnejad/ISNA/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS/File Photo
DUBAI, March 12 (Reuters) - Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said on Thursday the Strait of Hormuz should remain closed as a tool of pressure.
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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.
(Reporting by Parisa Hafezi and Elwelly Elwelly, Writing by Nayera Abdallah, Editing by Timothy Heritage)
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