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Iran's New Leader Vows to Keep up Attacks
Iran’s leader vows to use control of Strait of Hormuz and attacks on energy infrastructure to pressure the U.S. and Israel amid a conflict causing oil prices to hit $100 per barrel.
- Amid regional strikes, the new supreme leader vowed Thursday to continue attacks and threatened to open 'other fronts', including using the Strait of Hormuz as leverage against the United States and Israel.
- The speech linked its campaign to efforts to inflict global economic pain to pressure the U.S. and Israel, citing a school strike that killed over 165 people.
- Iran's ambassador to Tunisia said Iranian naval forces 'have established full control' over the strait and carried out precise strikes on oil infrastructure and sites hosting American and Israeli soldiers.
- Markets and humanitarian agencies reported immediate strains from the escalating war as the conflict pushed oil price $100 per barrel and sank global stocks amid fears the conflict could drag on.
- Iran's Supreme Leader said he has studied 'opening other fronts' amid threats of continued conflict, with Hezbollah launching 200 rockets and Saudi defenses downing over three dozen drones.
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Iran's new leader vows to keep up attacks
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s secretive new supreme leader vowed Thursday to keep up attacks on Gulf Arab countries and use the effective closure of the strategic Strait of Hormuz as leverage against the United States and Israel. It was his first public statement since he succeeded his father, who was killed in an Israeli strike. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, who an Iranian official said was wounded in the opening salvo o…
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