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Iran's Khamenei says US hostility will persist regardless of party in power

Reuters
Iran's Khamenei says US hostility will persist regardless of party in power

DUBAI, Nov ‌4 (Reuters) - Washington's hostility towards Tehran will not ​change ‌through partisan shifts or ‌any concessions to the US, and those who ‌believe otherwise are “greatly mistaken”, Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said on Wednesday, following ⁠the Republican Party's ‌defeats in the ⁠US midterm elections.

Khamenei warned that ​Iran's response to any renewed US aggression ​would be on a ​much ‌greater scale, adding that ​Tehran's destruction of ⁠US bases in ‌the region and ​its ​management of the Strait of Hormuz had been part of a campaign against ‌US hegemony.

“The US sees the end of its ‌hegemony ​as distant; we see it as near,” he said.

(Reporting by Dubai Newsroom; ‌Editing by Alison Williams)