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Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei says new management of Strait of Hormuz 'will bring calm'

AL-MONITOR
Apr 30, 2026
FILE PHOTO: Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, the second son of late Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, attends a meeting in Tehran, Iran, October 13, 2024. Hamed Jafarnejad/ISNA/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, the second son of late Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, attends a meeting in Tehran, Iran, October 13, 2024. Hamed Jafarnejad/ISNA/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS/File Photo — Hamed Jafarnejad

April 30 (Reuters) - Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said in a published written message on Thursday that a new chapter for the Gulf and Strait of Hormuz has been taking shape since the Iran war with the United States and Israel broke out on February 28.

Iran's Supreme Leader said that Tehran would secure the Gulf region and eliminate what he described as "the enemy's abuses of the waterway."

The Supreme Leader added that new management of the Strait of Hormuz would bring calm, progress and economic benefits to all Gulf nations.

(Reporting by Dubai Newsroom; Editing by Alex Richardson)