BREAKING: Iran’s New Supreme Leader Issues First Statement

Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has issued his first public statement, warning Iran will seek “revenge” following the joint U.S. and Israeli attacks on the regime.  

In a written address Thursday that was broadcast on state television, the new leader promised “revenge for the blood of your martyrs,” Radio Free Europe reports.  

Khamenei pledged to keep the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil shipping lane, closed. 

“The lever of closing the Strait of Hormuz must certainly continue to be used,” he said.

“Studies have been conducted regarding the opening of other fronts where the enemy has little experience and will be severely vulnerable. Their activation will take place should the state of war persist and in accordance with strategic considerations.” 

The new leader was chosen following his father Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s death in U.S. and Israeli strikes. 

Mojtaba Khamenei has not yet been seen in public since the attack on Feb. 28 that reportedly left him injured.

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