Khamenei warns Iran response to any renewed aggression will be 'on a much greater scale'
Khamenei called for Iran to have "the absolute deterrence" in a message marking "Day of Fighting Global Arrogance," adding that “The US sees the end of its hegemony as distant; we see it as near.”
Supreme Leader of Iran, Mojtaba Khamenei, warned on Wednesday that any further aggression from the United States would be met with a significantly more powerful response from Iran. Speaking on the National Day of Fighting Global Arrogance, Khamenei emphasized that Iran's destruction of US bases in the region and its control over the Strait of Hormuz were all part of a broader campaign against US dominance.
He stated, "The US sees the end of its hegemony as distant; we see it as near." Khamenei also dismissed the belief that US hostility towards Iran would change due to political shifts or concessions to the US, saying those who held such views were "greatly mistaken." In response to the Republican Party's losses in the US midterm elections, Khamenei insisted that Washington's attitude would not improve, and those who thought otherwise were "greatly mistaken."
Efforts to reach a breakthrough in the US-Iran negotiations have been ongoing, with mediators including Qatar, Russia, and China involved. However, Iranian Supreme National Security Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaei recently criticized US Vice President JD Vance's letter, stating that the US response to Iran's demands was not convincing.
Rezaei insisted that Washington must fully and explicitly address Iran's seven conditions before opening the Strait of Hormuz.
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