ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq - Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei said on Thursday that the new management of the vital Strait of Hormuz “will bring comfort and progress” to all nations of the region, hailing what he described as a “new order” after “America’s shameful failure.” 

“The legal rules and implementation of the new management of the Strait of Hormuz will bring comfort and progress to the benefit of all the nations of the region, and its economic benefits will make the hearts of the nation happy; God willing, even if the infidels dislike it,” Khamenei said in a written statement marking National Persian Gulf Day.  

The supreme leader explained that the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf  have faced numerous threats throughout history, describing the recent US-Israeli war on Iran as “the sinister plans of the world’s arrogant powers against the inhabitants of the Persian Gulf region” and referring to them as “the Great Satan.”

“A new chapter is dawning in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz,” he asserted, following weeks of war and what he described as “America’s shameful failure in its plan.” 

“By God’s grace and power, the bright future of the Persian Gulf region will be a future without America and in the service of progress, comfort, and prosperity of its peoples,” Khamenei said, hailing “the beginning of a new order in the region and the world.” 

His comments followed remarks by US President Donald Trump, in which he said Iran told Washington it is in a “state of collapse” and urged the US to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, “as they try to figure out their leadership situation (Which I believe they will be able to do!).” 

Trump’s comments sparked Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf's warning, in which he described a new US plan to weaken Iran from within and potentially bring about its collapse through economic pressure and internal disputes, citing Trump’s comments as evidence.

The US has imposed a naval blockade on Iran’s seaports in response to the restrictions placed on the strategic Strait of Hormuz by Iran. Iran restricted access to the vital waterway after the recent war began. 

A fragile two-week ceasefire, initially set to expire on April 22 but recently extended by Trump, has halted the war, but tensions between the two sides remain high, as the economic impacts on global markets persist. 

Trump has repeatedly said that Iran’s leadership is in disarray after US-Israeli strikes killed many of the top crop of the country’s leadership in the recent conflict and the 12-day war in June of 2025.

US and Iranian representatives met face-to-face for the first time in decades on April 11, aiming to come to a lasting agreement to stop the war, though no concrete accord has been reached as of yet.