Iran\u2019s newly installed Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei son of slain Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has broken his public silence with a veiled personal threat against President Donald Trump, declaring the Strait of Hormuz \u201cremains closed\u201d and warning of \u201cnew fronts\u201d should US-Israeli strikes persist, delivered through National Security Council head Ali Larijani\u2019s ominous X post amid retaliatory barrages wounding coalition forces. Larijani\u2019s 9 March message \u201cIran doesn\u2019t fear your empty threats. Even those bigger than you couldn\u2019t eliminate Iran. Be careful not to get eliminated yourself,\u201d came hours after Trump\u2019s Hormuz blockade warning, vowing \u201cdestroyable targets\u201d rendering Iran \u201cimpossible to rebuild,\u201d following B-2 strikes killing Ayatollah Khamenei 28 February, triggering the Assembly of Experts\u2019 swift succession amid Quds Force vows holding Trump accountable. Khamenei\u2019s first statement via IRIB state television reaffirmed Hormuz closure and proxy escalation, Hezbollah Shaheds, PMF missiles defying Trump\u2019s \u201clightweight\u201d characterisation and assassination plot indictments echoing 2024 Afghan IRGC solicitation.<\/p>\n
Assembly of Experts\u2019 9 March elevation of 56-year-old Mojtaba, an IRGC-favoured cleric shunning public eye signals hardliner continuity over reformist overtures, rejecting Trump\u2019s \u201cinvolvement\u201d demands akin to Venezuela precedents while plotting revenge post-father\u2019s Tehran compound demise alongside IRGC brass. Larijani\u2019s retort invoked \u201celimination,\u201d echoing the Justice Department\u2019s unsealed Afghan plots, as Khamenei II vowed \u201cblood but not land\u201d per representative rhetoric, mobilising Basij militias and Houthi proxies threatening Bab el-Mandeb redundancy. Trump\u2019s Fox News retort \u201cI have to be involved\u201d paired WSJ leaks contemplating successor decapitation if Hormuz demands unmet, recalibrating assassination doctrine sans congressional war powers under War Powers Resolution 1973 ambiguities.<\/p>\n
Khamenei\u2019s Hormuz vow IRGC Su-35 patrols, minefields sustains $100\/bbl Brent amid 9m bpd IEA shortfall, generating $200bn sovereign transfers favouring US shale while Tehran rations $100bn reserves per IMF, though proxy attrition erodes deterrence absent Russian S-400 replenishments. \u201cNew fronts\u201d signals Lebanon-Syria expansions, Hezbollah 150,000 rockets, PMF Erbil strikes crossing Caroline imminent threat thresholds justifying US-UK intercepts per Article 51, as UK Sky Sabre downs Shaheds protecting Akrotiri hosting CENTCOM drones.<\/p>\n
Trump\u2019s \u201cforce never seen\u201d escalates B-1B Fairford launches targeting Quds depots sans regime change per restraint signals, while Larijani warnings revive 2024 plot indictments as Khamenei II consolidates via Assembly loyalty oaths rejecting US diktats. Urgent de-escalation beckons UNSC Article 40 ceasefires, Oman mediation lest personal threats fracture deterrence, recalibrating nuclear breakout risks amid multipolar proxy maelstrom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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