Defiant rhetoric all round but no imminent change likely as Middle East war grinds on

The new group is less radical and much more reasonable."However, many analysts and Iranians say they expect Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei to continue his father's hardline policies.President Trump also repeated his call to other countries to do more to reopen and protect the Strait of Hormuz."The countries of the world that do receive oil through the Hormuz Strait must take care of that passage We will be helpful, but they should take the lead in protecting the oil that they so desperately depend on."Meanwhile at the United Nations, Bahrain has taken over the presidency of the Security Council, making the war in the Middle East its top priority.Its ambassador, Jamal Fares Alrowaiei, says the crisis is no longer just regional."We would reiterate anchoring the principles of not using maritime corridors and international corridors as a strategy to build pressure in conflicts