Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei has said in a published written message that a new chapter for the Gulf and Strait of Hormuz has been taking shape since the Iran war with the United States and Israel broke out on February 28, Reuters reports.

Iran’s Supreme Leader said that Tehran would secure the Gulf region and eliminate what he described as “the enemy’s abuses of the waterway”.

The supreme leader added that new management of the Strait of Hormuz would bring calm, progress and economic benefits to all Gulf nations.