Tehran, April 29 -- Alaeddin Boroujerdi, Deputy Head of the Iranian National Security Committee, addressing the parliament, today said that Iran "will never relinquish its control over the Strait of Hormuz," in response to US threats.
In remarks carried over by state media, Boroujerdi claimed Iran still had a sufficient stockpile of missiles and drones to carry on the war, and can sustain it for several more years, noting that Washington and other Western countries had now finally "come to believe in the capabilities of the Islamic Republic," after witnessing Iran's surprising resilience.
The lawmaker said that Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf was managing Tehran's negotiations with Washington, which so far have been facilitate...