{"id":2597048,"date":"2026-04-30T09:53:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T13:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/irans-leader-declares-uss-only-place-in-gulf-is-at-the-bottom-of-its-waters\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T09:55:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T13:55:19","slug":"irans-leader-declares-uss-only-place-in-gulf-is-at-the-bottom-of-its-waters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/irans-leader-declares-uss-only-place-in-gulf-is-at-the-bottom-of-its-waters\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran&#8217;s leader declares US&#8217;s only place in Gulf is &#8216;at the bottom of its waters&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Firans-leader-declares-uss-only-place-in-gulf-is-at-the-bottom-of-its-waters%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2597048&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Iran\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ayatollah-iran-in-no-hurry-to-see-u-s-return-to-nuclear-deal\/\" title=\"Ayatollah: Iran in no hurry to see U.S. return to nuclear deal\">supreme leader<\/a>, Mojtaba Khamenei, issued a defiant message for National Persian Gulf Day saying the United States has no place in the Persian Gulf \u201cexcept at the bottom of its waters.\u201d In written remarks published by state media, he defended Iran\u2019s ballistic missile and nuclear capabilities as national assets and said Iran will protect them as it protects its waters, land, and airspace. He also claimed the \u201cfuture of the Persian Gulf\u201d will be \u201cwithout America,\u201d arguing the region shares a common destiny with Gulf neighbors and that foreign powers driven by \u201cgreed and malice\u201d must leave.<\/p>\n<p>The statement comes amid escalating tensions, reports of growing war rumors after U.S.-Iran talks ended in islamabad, and continued U.S. actions that <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >include airlifting military supplies<\/a> to the region. The article also describes severe consequences for Iran: the U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is presented as damaging the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ayatollah-regime-demands-biden-restore-failed-nuclear-deal\/\" title=\"Ayatollah regime demands Biden restore failed nuclear deal\">iranian economy<\/a>, with reports of the rial\u2019s sharp decline and meaningful direct and indirect unemployment.<\/p>\n<p>it notes that although the leader\u2019s statement was published, Khamenei has not been seen since a reported Feb. 28 airstrike that also killed his father, fueling speculation about his condition; the piece adds he is widely viewed as largely symbolic while the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps holds real power.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"100\">Iranian<\/a> supreme leader <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mojtaba-khamenei\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"21453\">Mojtaba Khamenei<\/a> said the United States\u2019s only place in the Persian Gulf region was \u201cat the bottom of its waters,\u201d in a defiant message pledging not to give up Iran\u2019s ballistic missile and nuclear programs.<\/p>\n<p>In a rare statement released by the reclusive leader in honor of National Persian Gulf Day, Khamenei signaled defiance to the U.S. as the prospect of successful negotiations grows ever distant. He began by defending Iran\u2019s ballistic missile and nuclear programs, comments that make negotiations with the U.S. even more difficult due to the mutually exclusive positions.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4549083\/iran-mojtaba-khamenei-declares-us-only-place-persian-gulf-bottom-waters\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Iran\u2019s unseen leader declares US\u2019s only place in Gulf is \u2018at the bottom of its waters\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4547532\/iranian-currency-all-time-low-us-blockade\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Iranian currency hits all-time low amid US blockade<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4548877\/iran-oil-explode-hormuz-blockade\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Iranian speaker mocks \u2018junk\u2019 Trump claim oil wells would explode after three days<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>\u201cNinety million proud and honorable Iranians inside and outside the country regard all of Iran\u2019s identity-based, spiritual, human, scientific, industrial and technological capacities \u2014 from nanotechnology and biotechnology to nuclear and missile capabilities \u2014 as national assets, and will protect them just as they protect the country\u2019s waters, land and airspace,\u201d Khamenei said in written remarks published by state media.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>He then said the U.S. would soon be made to depart the Persian Gulf, extending an olive branch to the U.S.\u2019s Gulf allies in the process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy God\u2019s help and power, the bright future of the Persian Gulf region will be a future without America, one serving the progress, comfort, and prosperity of its people,\u201d Khamenei said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe and our neighbors across the waters of the Persian Gulf and the [Gulf] of Oman share a common destiny. Foreigners who come from thousands of kilometers away to act with greed and malice there have no place in it \u2014 except at the bottom of its waters,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The unseen leader then vowed to secure the Persian Gulf and eliminate \u201cthe enemy\u2019s abuses of the waterway,\u201d referring to the U.S.\u2019s naval blockade of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/strait-of-hormuz\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"21488\">Strait of Hormuz<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>His maximalist rhetoric comes despite the heavily lopsided losses suffered in the war. The U.S. and Israel killed thousands of Iranian troops and leaders and vastly degraded its ballistic missile and drone capabilities, along with the degradation of its defense industrial base. The U.S. sank <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"100\">Iran\u2019s<\/a> entire conventional navy, while Tehran failed to sink a single U.S. ship.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the written statement being released in state media, Khamenei still hasn\u2019t been seen in any capacity since he was reportedly wounded in the same Feb. 28 airstrike that killed his father. His disappearance has fed speculation that he was severely wounded and is now either disfigured or comatose. He\u2019s widely viewed as only the symbolic head of Iran, with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps wielding the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/big-pharma-is-the-largest-drug-cartel-on-earth\/\" title=\"Big Pharma Is The Largest Drug Cartel On Earth\">true power<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4508418\/iran-transform-islamic-republic-military-dictatorship\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"4508418\">HOW IRAN TRANSFORMED FROM AN ISLAMIC REPUBLIC TO A MILITARY DICTATORSHIP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rumors of war have grown this week after U.S. and Iranian negotiators ended their talks in Islamabad, Pakistan. The U.S. has continued its massive airlift of military supplies to the Middle East, similar to that which led up to the beginning of Operation Epic Fury.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, the U.S. has blockaded the Strait of Hormuz, strangling the Iranian economy. The impact was felt worse this week, as the <em>Iranian Student News Agency<\/em> said that the Iranian Rial fell roughly 15% in two days, dropping to 1,810,000 Rials to every U.S. dollar by Wednesday. Gholamhossein Mohammadi, an official at Iran\u2019s Labor and Social-Affairs ministry, said that 1 million Iranians have been put directly out of work since the war began, and another 1 million have been put out of work indirectly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran\u2019s Mojtaba Khamenei: US belongs \u201cat the bottom of its waters,\u201d vowing to protect missiles and nuclear program<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2597049,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270538685.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32402,3823,42819,54761,70372],"class_list":["post-2597048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-international-relations","tag-iran","tag-military-threats","tag-persian-gulf","tag-us-iran-tensions"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270538685.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2597048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2597048"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2597048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2597053,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2597048\/revisions\/2597053"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2597049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2597048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2597048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2597048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}