Iran will retain control of the Strait of Hormuz if the US does not accept the terms
Iran will retain control and management of the Strait of Hormuz indefinitely unless the US accepts its terms, said Major General Yahya Safavi, a senior military adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to the Iranian publication Defa Press. "Iran will forever rule and manage this strait and the international waterway," Yahya Safavi told the publication.