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Khamenei Praises Iranian Troops for Defending Strait of Hormuz
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News18•28-09-2026, 19:30
Khamenei Praises Iranian Troops for Defending Strait of Hormuz
- •Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei lauded Iranian fighters for preventing "enemy forces" from freely navigating the Strait of Hormuz.
- •Khamenei stated that enemies now avoid the Strait of Hormuz, staying closer to the Arabian Sea, and predicted the Arabian Sea would also soon be free of them.
- •The message was issued to commemorate the two-year anniversary of the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.
- •Mojtaba Khamenei has not been seen or heard publicly since the war's opening attacks on February 28, which killed his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei praised Iranian fighters for preventing enemy forces from roaming freely in the Strait of Hormuz and stated that enemies no longer come closer to the strait than the Arabian Sea, which he vowed would soon be cleared of them as well.
The message from Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei was issued to mark the two-year anniversary of the killing of Hassan Nasrallah, the longtime leader of the militant Hezbollah group in Lebanon.
Mojtaba Khamenei had not been seen or heard publicly since the opening attacks of the war on February 28, which killed his father and previous supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
