Iranian Supreme Leader Mujtaba Khamenei: American leaders began a brazen effort to divide the country and overthrow the regime, but at every step they collided with the solid wall of the reality of the field and the rocks of the proud will of the Iranian people. The Strait of Hormuz refuted the myth of America's invincibility Iran expanding its control over the Strait of Hormuz and eliminating American military bases in the countries of the region was a response to American aggression.