'Will Inflict New Bitter Defeats': Mojtaba Khamenei's Fresh Warning To US Over Naval Blockade As Hormuz Stays Shut

Tehran: After reverting on its stand on opeing the Strait of Hormuz, Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei asserted on Saturday, that his country's navy is ready to inflict “new bitter defeats” on its “enemies,” in an indirect reference to the United States for not lifting its naval blockade in the crucial straight, as well as the latter's ally, Israel.

“The valiant navy of Iran's Army is ready to inflict new bitter defeats on its enemies,” Mojtaba said in one among a string of posts on X, on the anniversary of the creation of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Army.

“The Army is like the nation’s child,” he said, emphasising the role it has played in defending the country, ever since the war broke out on February 28.

In a no holds barred attack against the US, and the erstwhile monarch's son Reza Pahlavi who wished to take over power if the Islamic Regime had toppled, Mojtaba said, “The Army created an epic by confronting the sinister schemes of the US, the descendants of the Pahlavi tyrant, and the separatists who wished for a divided Iran.”

Hailing the courage with which the Army is defending Iran, Mojtaba said, "The Islamic Republic of Iran's Army is now courageously defending the land, water, and flag that belong to it."

Commending the role of drones in the ongoing war as well as speaking highly about the Navy which is defending the Persian Gulf waters, especially the Strait of Hormuz, Mojtaba said, “In the same way that the drones of Iran's Army strike the US and the Zionist murderers like lightning, its valiant navy is also ready to inflict new bitter defeats on its enemies.”

Hormuz Shut Again

Mojtaba's comments come on the day Iran reverted to its earlier stand on the Strait of Hormuz after announcing to the world that it would no longer be blocking the crucual energy chokepoint. However, Trump's post on continuing on its naval blockade of Iran, forced it to block the Strait again. Some tankers came under Iranian fire as they were trying to cross the strait amid the confusion, reports suggested.

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