In a message broadcast by the state news agency IRNA, Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei rejected notions that factional changes within American governance would halt confrontation with Tehran. He maintained that Washington's ultimate objective remains securing the unconditional surrender of the Iranian nation. Addressing the ongoing US-Israeli war on Iran, Khamenei claimed that a self-made scandal has plunged the United States into an irreversible downward spiral and sped up its collapse.
Key points
Iranian leadership believes changes in American legislative control will not lessen hosti…: Iranian leadership believes changes in American legislative control will not lessen hostile foreign policy toward Tehran.
Tehran contends that the core objective of the United States remains the unconditional su…: Tehran contends that the core objective of the United States remains the unconditional surrender of Iran.
Officials in Tehran view the ongoing US-Israeli war as proof of an accelerating decline i…: Officials in Tehran view the ongoing US-Israeli war as proof of an accelerating decline in American power.
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Iran’s Khamenei says US election results will not end hostility towards Tehran
4 November 2026 11:28 GMT
Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei says Washington will continue its confrontation with Tehran despite the Democrats’ sweeping midterm victories.
In a message carried by state news agency IRNA, he rejected suggestions that “factional shifts” would “dissuade it from its hostility towards the Iranian nation”.
He said Washington seeks the “unconditional surrender of the Iranian nation”.
Referring to the US-Israeli war on Iran, Khamenei said the US had “suffered an irreversible decline” after a “self-made scandal”, adding that “the process of its collapse has accelerated”.
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