Mojtaba Khamenei said the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed in his first public statement since being named Iran's new supreme leader.

"The Iranians are showing defiance by choosing the son of Khamenei," a former diplomat told CNBC.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei has issued his first statement since his appointment as the war with the United States and Israel rages.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei has issued his first statement since his appointment as the war with the United States and Israel rages.

In his first statement since being appointed leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei issues threat to US and says Tehran will 'take war reparations'

DUBAI: 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…

Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has said all U.S. military bases in the Middle East should close immediately as those bases will be attacked.

El nuevo líder supremo de Irán, Mojtaba Jameneí, afirmó este jueves en su primer mensaje a la nación que “el estrecho de Ormuz debe permanecer cerrado”.

Mojtaba Khamenei said the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed in his first public statement since being named Iran's new supreme leader.

Tehran will keep strait of Hormuz closed and continue attacks on US assets, speech read out on state TV says

Israel suspects Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, was wounded in the opening salvo of the war, and he has not appeared in public since then.

A message attributed to Mojtaba Khamenei also says Iran will continue targeting US bases in the region.

In a written message on Thursday, Mojtaba Khamenei, who has yet to appear publicly since his nomination last Sunday, called for the vital Strait of Hormuz oil shipping lane to…

Iran's UN envoy affirms the Strait of Hormuz will remain open, urging ships to coordinate with its navy for security.