Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran’s New Supreme Leader, Says Strait of Hormuz Must Remain Closed in Defiant Statement

Scritto il 12/03/2026
da Yeganeh Torbati and Sanam Mahoozi

Mojtaba Khamenei struck a defiant tone and signaled that Iran would not back down in a war that has spread across the Middle East.A billboard in Tehran depicts Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei taking an Iranian flag from his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.