Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.
Iran will continue blocking the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s busiest oil shipping channel, according to a statement attributed to Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.
His message was broadcast on Iranian state TV, but Khamenei did not appear in person. His message was instead read out by a newsreader.
Iran would “avenge the blood” of Iranians killed in the war with the US and Israel, Khamenei said in the statement, which also warned neighbouring countries to stop hosting US bases.
He was named supreme leader on 8 March after his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed on the first day of the war.
