India, April 30 -- Iran's Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, on Thursday stated that a "new chapter" for the Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz is taking shape amid the ongoing war with the United States and Israel.

In a message on National Persian Gulf Day, the Supreme Leader added that the Gulf region will have a "bright future" without the presence of the US, state TV reported.

In his written message, broadcast on state TV, the Supreme Leader added that Tehran would secure the Gulf region and eliminate "the enemy's abuses of the waterway."

Khamenei added that the new management of the Strait of Hormuz would bring calm, progress and economic benefits to all Gulf nations.

The US and Israel's war on Iran, which broke out on February 28, is ...