Iran's Supreme Leader: "It's an Illusion to Expect U.S. Policy to Change After Elections"

On November 3 (local time), as the Democratic Party scored a landslide victory in the U.S. midterm elections, Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said it was an illusion to expect U.S. policy toward Iran to change as a result of partisan shifts in the United States.

Khamenei made the remarks in a written statement on his website on November 4 (local time), the National Day of Fighting Global Arrogance. Iran marks the day to commemorate the seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran on November 4, 1979. Events and rallies promoting anti-American sentiment are held each year on the occasion.

AP Yonhap News

Khamenei said, "Anyone who harbors even the slightest hope that a partisan shift within the U.S. system of government will change its behavior, or imagines that making concessions to the United States can ease its hostility toward Iran, is deeply mistaken." He went on to issue a forceful warning that if the United States resumes its attacks on Iran, the war in the Middle East will expand far further.

"If such acts of aggression are repeated, the scale of the war will be far broader," Khamenei said, stressing that "Iran's actions so far, including in the Strait of Hormuz, have been only an initial step."

"What the United States truly wants is the unconditional surrender of the Iranian people," he said. "Even the slightest sign of yielding will only embolden the arrogant enemy and invite further aggression."

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.