LOADING ERROR LOADINGDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei said Thursday that the leverage of closing the Strait of Hormuz should be used and that Iran’s attacks on Gulf Arab neighbors will continue. His first statement since his appointment was read on state television by a news anchor. The U.N. refugee agency said up to 3.2 million people in Iran have been displaced by the ongoing war. FILE - Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, center, attends the annual Quds, or Jerusalem Day rally in Tehran, Iran, on May 31, 2019. The U.S. and Israel say that destroying whatever remains of Iran’s nuclear program is one of the central aims of the war.

Source: Huffington Post March 12, 2026 13:42 UTC