Iran’s new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, issued defiant statements in several social media posts hailing a “new chapter for the Persian Gulf” and Strait of Hormuz, blaming the United States for its instability, and promising to “safeguard” Iran’s nuclear technology.
Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei pledges to ‘safeguard’ nuclear tech, calls U.S. ‘Great Satan’
Katherine Mosack
Apr 30, 2026 | 12:52 PM



