In his first message since he was appointed Iran’s new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei ordered the vital Strait of Hormuz oil shipping lane to remain closed and called on Gulf Arab states to “shut down” US bases. It was a message of defiance and continuity, explains FRANCE 24’s Leela Jacinto.
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