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Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei on Thursday criticised the United States, referring to it as the \u201cGreat Satan\u201d and signalling no compromise on Iran\u2019s nuclear and missile capabilities.In a written statement read on state television, Khamenei said Iran\u2019s strategic programmes remain non-negotiable and central to national sovereignty. He also said Americans had no place in the Persian Gulf region. <\/p>\n
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\u2018US Will Be PUSHED OUT\u2019: Mojtaba Signals ‘HORMUZ CONTROL’ Shift, Shoots Stark Missive To Trump\u201cWe and our neighbors across the waters of the Persian Gulf and the (Gulf) of Oman share a common destiny. Foreigners who come from thousands of kilometres away to act with greed and malice there have no place in it \u2014 except at the bottom of its waters,\u201d he said, as quoted by Associated Press.He further described Iran\u2019s technological and military capabilities as national assets that would be protected by the population. \u201cNinety million proud and honourable Iranians inside and outside the country regard all of Iran\u2019s identity-based, spiritual, human, scientific, industrial and technological capacities \u2014 from nanotechnology and biotechnology to nuclear and missile capabilities \u2014 as national assets, and will protect them just as they protect the country\u2019s waters, land and airspace,\u201d Khamenei said.The remarks come amid heightened tensions in West Asia, with Iran\u2019s oil sector reportedly under strain due to restrictions affecting tanker movement. The disruption has coincided with volatility in global oil prices, with Brent crude previously touching $126 per barrel.The Strait of Hormuz, through which nearly a fifth of global oil and gas flows, remains central to the standoff. Iran\u2019s strategic position over the waterway has added volatility to energy markets and increased pressure on the United States as it weighs its response.With a fragile ceasefire still in place, the US and Iran remain locked in disputes over sanctions, nuclear negotiations and maritime control. Tehran has also floated proposals to delay talks on its nuclear programme, while Washington maintains its objective is to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons. Iran insists its nuclear programme is peaceful but has enriched uranium to near weapons-grade levels.Khamenei also linked Iran\u2019s regional posture to broader geopolitical change, saying the future of the Persian Gulf should be shaped by regional powers rather than external actors.He suggested Iran would continue asserting its position on the Strait of Hormuz and called for what he described as a \u201cnew management\u201d framework for the waterway. Gulf Arab states and much of the international community view the strait as an international passage critical to global trade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei on Thursday criticised the United States, referring to it as the \u201cGreat…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":91367,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[8559,2828,4345,2289,39,101,32285],"class_list":{"0":"post-91366","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-persian-gulf","8":"tag-ayatollah-mojtaba-khamenei","9":"tag-iran-nuclear-program","10":"tag-iran-supreme-leader","11":"tag-mojtaba-khamenei","12":"tag-persian-gulf","13":"tag-strait-of-hormuz","14":"tag-united-states-iran-relations"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116494660012640063","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}