Hyderabad, April 30 -- Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian blamed the United States and Israel for the blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, while defending the decision to limit "hostile countries."

Commemorating the National Persian Gulf Day, which celebrates the expulsion of Portuguese forces from the Strait of Hormuz in 1622, Pezeskhian on Thursday, April 30, said the Strait was a "symbol of the great Iranian nation's resistance."

"The responsibility for any insecurity in this water area lies with the United States and the Zionist regime." He added that the imposed blockade is "doomed to fail."

"Any attempt to impose a maritime blockade or restrictions is contrary to international law and is doomed to fail," Pezeshkian said in a stateme...