New Supreme Leader Issues Defiant Statement Amid Growing Disruption to Global Supplies

New Supreme Leader Issues Defiant Statement Amid Growing Disruption to Global Supplies: Iranian state media said Mojtaba Khamenei vowed his country would keep blocking the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil route, and avenge “the blood of the martyrs.” Israel pounded central Beirut, the Lebanese capital, expanding its attacks against Hezbollah. Pinned By-Adam RasgonEuan WardErika SolomonRebecca F. Elliott and Aurelien Breeden- Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran’s new supreme leader, struck