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Iran's supreme leader says closure of Strait of Hormuz should be used as leverage
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Iran's supreme leader says closure of Strait of Hormuz should be used as leverage

  • IRIB, ASSOCIATED PRESS, IRAN'S ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS HANDOUT
  • Mar 12, 2026
  • Mar 12, 2026 Updated 1 hr ago
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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei issued Thursday his first statement on the war, saying that the leverage of closing the Strait of Hormuz should be used, and that attacks on Iran’s Gulf Arab neighbors will continue.

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Iran’s supreme leader vowed Thursday to keep up attacks on Gulf Arab countries and use the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz as leverage against the U.S. and Israel.

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