Iran's new supreme leader vows to keep Hormuz shut in defiant first remarks

Iranian officials have said Khamenei was lightly wounded in the ​initial February 28 airstrikes, but the extent of his injuries is unclear

Iran will fight on and keep the Strait of Hormuz shut as leverage against the United States and Israel, new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said on Thursday in the first comments ​attributed to him since he succeeded his slain father.