Supreme leader calls for retaliation for every death

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei issued his first statement on the war on Thursday, saying that the leverage of closing the Strait of Hormuz should be used and that Iran will keep attacking its Gulf Arab neighbors. Khamenei also called on Gulf countries to “shut down” U.S. bases, saying promised U.S. protection is “nothing more than a lie.” Khamenei did not appear on camera. Israeli intelligence assessed that he was likely wounded in the war’s opening salvo, which also killed his wife, one of his sisters, his niece and his father, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Iran’s unrelenting attacks…