Iran’s new leader issues first statement: Strait of Hormuz must remain closed until war ends

Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, released his first statement on Thursday, asserting the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed and Tehran will continue attacks on its Persian Gulf neighbors. In a message read on Iranian state television by a news anchor, Khamenei said the “lever of blocking the Strait of Hormuz must definitely continue to…