Khamenei aide warns Hormuz lever must not be weakened in any war-ending deal
Mohsen Rezaei, a military adviser to Mojtaba Khamenei and a former commander of the Revolutionary Guards, warned that the Strait of Hormuz and the Islamic Republic’s regional “authority” must not be weakened in any deal to end the war.
Rezaei told the state TV that the war must end in a way that preserves the Islamic Republic’s deterrence for the next 50 years, signaling continued resistance among senior military figures to any arrangement seen as limiting Iran’s regional leverage or control over Hormuz.
He said the United States had been recognized as “the defeated criminal” in the war and warned that any enemy mistake would face a harsher response.
“In the armed forces, we respond to the enemy’s mistake much more severely than what it was,” he said.
