Iran’s leadership has asserted that managing the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz is Tehran’s “legal right,” with an adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader saying such control would help secure the country’s national interests and end decades of instability in the Gulf.
According to Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency on Sunday, the adviser said Iran’s management of the Strait of Hormuz would “ensure national security” and mark “the end of 50 years of insecurity in the Gulf.”
