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Iran will avenge the blood of its martyrs, keep the Strait of Hormuz closed and attack US bases, new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said on Thursday in a statement read out on state television, his first remarks since succeeding his slain father. In the defiant address, Khamenei said the United States must close all its bases in the region. The strait, which runs past Iran’s coast and supplies a fifth of the world’s oil, should remain shut to put pressure on the enemy, he said. He said that said Iran will seek compensation from enemies or destroy their assets accordingly. Khamenei said that the ‘resistance front’ is an inseparable part of the Islamic revolution’s values.
