Iran's supreme leader, in first remarks, vows to avenge martyrs, keep strait closed
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Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mujtaba Khamenei declared that all U.S. military bases in the region must immediately close or face direct attack.

In his first public statement since succeeding his slain father, Khamenei ordered the Strait of Hormuz to remain closed.

He commanded Iranian forces to utilize all available resources to enforce and expand the blockade on the waterway that supplies one-fifth of the world’s oil.

Khamenei further instructed action against every vulnerable area belonging to the enemy.

The statements were read on state television Thursday.

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