Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, an advisor to Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, has stated that the Strait of Hormuz will not be opened for navigation as long as U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remain in power.
Sea-news.az reports citing TASS, that Zolghadr stated in his announcement:
“Our fighters will not open the Strait of Hormuz until Trump and Netanyahu are overthrown from the throne of power.”
He also termed the closure of the strait as “only the first phase” of the Iranian people’s revenge.
It should be noted that this statement reflects the position of the Iranian official. No additional independently verified information has been provided regarding the situation surrounding the opening of the Strait of Hormuz for navigation.
