Iran's Supreme Leader Says US Will Eventually Leave Middle East

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Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei predicted Monday that the United States will ultimately leave the Middle East, according to a statement aired on state television. Khamenei claimed adversaries have suffered "painful blows" from defenders of the Strait of Hormuz and no longer venture beyond the Arabian Sea, asserting the region will soon be free of their presence. The Arabian Sea, a key route near Iran's coast and the strategic Strait of Hormuz, remains central to the Tehran-Washington conflict, as roughly one-fifth of global hydrocarbons transited there before the war.


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