Closure of Strait of Hormuz could possibly be used as leverage

Iran’s Supreme Chief Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei says that the leverage of closing the Strait of Hormuz needs to be used and that Iran’s assaults on Gulf Arab neighbours will proceed. His first assertion since his appointment was learn on state tv Thursday by a information anchor.Iranian state tv provided no clarification of why Khamenei, 56, didn’t seem on digital camera. Israeli intelligence assessments recommend he was wounded within the struggle, possible within the Feb. 28 Israeli strike that killed his father, the 86-year-old late Supreme Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.The value of Brent crude oil, the worldwide commonplace, spiked again over US$100…