“If there are still those who harbour even the slightest hope that the behaviour of the hegemonic system could change through party or factional shifts, or who believe that making concessions to the US could persuade it to abandon its hostility towards the Iranian people, they are gravely mistaken,”

Mojtaba Khamenei · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-04

Khamenei said in a statement shared by Iranian state media that partisan shifts in Washington would not alter US hostility toward Tehran.