The key facts

  • The statement was made in a message marking the anniversary of the seizure of the US embassy in Tehran in 1979
  • Khamenei urged not to hope for a change in relations between the countries after the US midterm elections

Statement on the anniversary of the embassy seizure

Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei urged against hoping for a change in relations between Tehran and Washington after the midterm elections held in the United States. This is stated in his message published on November 4, timed to the anniversary of the seizure of the American embassy in Tehran in 1979, Gazeta.Ru reports.

Context

The choice of date for the statement is no accident: the message was published precisely on the anniversary of the 1979 events, which remain one of the key symbols of the rupture in Iranian-American relations. The publication contains only Khamenei's position itself; no specific steps or changes in the parties' policies are cited in the report, and the news is marked as developing — details may appear later.