Iran’s new Supreme Leader says Hormuz Strait should stay closed

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In this picture obtained from Iran's ISNA news agency, Mojtaba Khamenei (C), son of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, looks on during a gathering in TehranIran marked the appointment of Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei to replace his father as its supreme leader with a new barrage of missiles against Israel and the Gulf states on March 9, 2026. Photo by AMIR KHOLOUSI/ISNA/AFP via Getty Images

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Iran’s new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, said the Strait of Hormuz should remain closed, in his first public comments since succeeding his assassinated father.

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Khamenei’s comments came via a statement on Iranian state television and signal the country’s new leader has no intention of ending the vital waterway’s effective closure.

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