Iran’s supreme leader vows to prevent ‘enemy’s abuses’ of Hormuz strait
Mojtaba Khamenei says Iranians will defend their nuclear capabilities as a ‘national asset’
Mojtaba Khamenei says Iranians will defend their nuclear capabilities as a ‘national asset’

Written statement is first public comment from Mojtaba Khamenei since the start of the war

Passage for vessels is designed to show Iran’s dominance over waterway and limit diplomatic isolation, analysts suspect

A system fixated on building up military deterrents has discovered its most important point of leverage over the world

Iran has shown that control of the strait gives it a stranglehold over the world economy

Selection of slain ayatollah’s son is seen as act of defiance against war launched by US and Israel

Donald Trump had warned of attacks that would threaten ‘a whole civilisation’