Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei said in a written message on Thursday that the United States had been defeated in its war on Iran.

Iran warned the United States on Thursday that its naval blockade was doomed to fail, after President Donald Trump signalled it could be enforced for months to come, in a confrontation wreaking havoc on global energy markets.

U.S. President Donald Trump has stirred fresh controversy after sharing a social media post that appeared to rename the Strait of Hormuz as the “Strait of Trump.”

“It took decades to build stable societies, to develop local economies, and it took only several weeks of war to destroy that,” he added.

Mali’s Tuareg rebels told AFP Wednesday the country’s ruling junta will fall and that they intend to conquer the north, just days after unprecedented large-scale attacks targeting the nation’s military government.