Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei says 'only place' for US in Persian Gulf is 'at bottom of its waters' as Tehran rages at Trump's naval blockade - live updates
Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei has declared the 'only place' for the US in the Persian Gulf is at the 'bottom of its waters' as Tehran insists Donald Trump's naval blockade is 'doomed to fail'.Iran's Supreme Leader claimed a new chapter for the Gulf and Strait of Hormuz has been taking shape without America following what he described as the US's 'shameful failure' over the waterway.In a published written message to commemorate National Persian Gulf Day, Khamenei said: 'We are "fellow-destined" with our neighbors in the waters of the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman, and the foreigners who wreak their greedy havoc from thousands of miles away have no place there, except at the bottom of its waters.'It comes as the US military briefs Trump on new plans for potential strikes on Iran aimed at ending the stand-off which has resulted in the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz to commercial shipping.Overnight, Axios reported that CENTCOM chief Admiral Brad Cooper is slated to brief Trump on how the US may go about undertaking new military actions with an aim of either breaking the negotiations deadlock or deliver a killing blow to end the war.It comes as the price of oil surged past $125 per barrel in overnight trading, the highest level since Russia invaded Ukraine.
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Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei says 'only place' for US in Persian Gulf is 'at bottom of its waters' as Tehran rages at Trump's naval blockade - live updates
