Mohammad-Baqer Zulqader, the political adviser of Mojtaba Khamenei, the leader of the Islamic Republic, said in a message on Thursday, 26 Shahrivar, that the forces of the Islamic Republic will not relinquish their control and will not open the Strait of Hormuz to “bring down” Donald Trump, the President of the United States, and Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of Israel.

He also said that the Islamic Republic intends to take revenge for the killing of Ali Khamenei, the former leader of the Islamic Republic, and thousands of others, and called the continued closure of the Strait of Hormuz the “first phase” of this revenge.