According to a report by Fox News, on Thursday April 30, 2026, Tensions in the Middle East reached a new fever pitch today as Iran’s Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, issued a scathing written statement directed at the United States and its allies.
The message, read aloud on Iranian state television and shared via social media, marks a defiant escalation in rhetoric as the U.S. continues its naval blockade of Iranian ports.
In the statement, the Supreme Leader vowed to protect Iran’s nuclear and missile capabilities while demanding that foreign military forces exit the region immediately.
The most striking portion of the message targeted the U.S. presence in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman.
“Those foreigners from thousands of kilometers away who are greedily carrying out transgressions in the Persian Gulf and Sea of Oman have no place here except at the bottom of its waters,” the statement declared. “Iran will put an end to the hostile enemy’s exploitation of the Strait of Hormuz.”
