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New Iran leader's Strait talk: Won't back down

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March 13, 2026

Hormuz to be used as leverage; Gulf attacks to continue

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IRAN'S NEW SUPREME Leader Mojtaba Khamenei released his first statement since succeeding his late father, saying on Thursday that Iran would keep up its attacks on its Gulf Arab neighbours and use the effective closure of the strategic Strait of Hormuz as leverage against the US and Israel.

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, who Israel suspects was wounded in the opening salvo of the war, did not appear on camera, and his statement was read by a state TV news anchor.

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