Iran’s New Leader Upholds Strait Closure
Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran’s newly appointed Supreme Leader, has declared that the strategic Strait of Hormuz will remain closed to international maritime traffic, signalling a firm continuation of Tehran’s hardline energy and security policy. In his first address following his election, Khamenei stressed the significance of the waterway, through which roughly one-fifth of the world’s […]
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