“In the year 1622 AD, after 115 years of occupation, we drove the European colonizers out of the Persian Gulf, and we celebrate National Persian Gulf Day in honor of this victory,” Ghalibaf wrote in a message marking the occasion.

“Today as well, by exercising control over the Strait of Hormuz, Iran will grant itself and its neighbors the valuable blessing of a future free from the US presence and interference,” he added.

Iran has closed the strategic Strait of Hormuz, a vital conduit for global oil and gas supplies, to shipping associated with the US and Israeli regime and their collaborators, since the early days of the military aggression that began on February 28.

Iranian officials say transit through the Strait will be possible only by Iran’s authorization after the war.