Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei issued his first statement on the war on Thursday.
He said Iran should close the Strait of Hormuz and keep attacking its Gulf Arab neighbors as leverage.
As American and Israeli strikes pound the Islamic Republic and Iran attacks Persian Gulf shipping and energy infrastructure with no sign of an end to the war, oil prices have soared back above $100 a barrel.
U.S. President Donald Trump promised to “finish the job,” even as Iran is “virtually destroyed.”
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