India, March 12 -- Iran's new supreme leader and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's hardline son Mojtaba Khamenei issued his first message on Thursday saying that the Strait of Hormuz should stay closed and use as leverage against the enemy as a tool of pressure.

He also warned Iran's Gulf neighbours to shut all US bases and said that attack on those bases will continue. He also clarified that Iran is only attacks US bases in the West Asia region and said that protection promised by the US is "nothing more than a lie."

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