{"id":338845,"date":"2025-11-03T18:46:55","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T17:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=338845"},"modified":"2025-11-03T18:46:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T17:46:55","slug":"khamenei-rejects-u-s-overtures-says-conflict-with-u-s-is-permanent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/nuclear\/khamenei-rejects-u-s-overtures-says-conflict-with-u-s-is-permanent\/","title":{"rendered":"Khamenei Rejects U.S. Overtures, Says Conflict with U.S. Is Permanent\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_338846\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-338846\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-338846\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/iran-tehran-khamenei-speech-03112025.jpg\" alt=\"State-orchestrated rally in Tehran: a handpicked crowd waves Iranian flags\u2014rare in the regime\u2019s street choreography and mostly seen after the 12-day war\u2014aimed at manufacturing \u201cnational\u201d fervor\" width=\"1000\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/iran-tehran-khamenei-speech-03112025.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/iran-tehran-khamenei-speech-03112025-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/iran-tehran-khamenei-speech-03112025-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/iran-tehran-khamenei-speech-03112025-745x420.jpg 745w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/iran-tehran-khamenei-speech-03112025-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/iran-tehran-khamenei-speech-03112025-696x393.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-338846\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ali Khamenei at a state-orchestrated rally in Tehran: a handpicked crowd waves Iranian flags\u2014rare in the regime\u2019s street choreography and mostly seen after the 12-day war\u2014aimed at manufacturing \u201cnational\u201d fervor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><i>Three-minute read<\/i>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The clerical regime\u2019s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei marked the anniversary of the November 4, 1979, seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran by insisting that hostility between the regime and the United States is <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cintrinsic\u201d<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and cannot be resolved through negotiation. In a rare public appearance on November 3, 2025, Khamenei praised the hostage-taking as a <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cday of victory and pride\u201d<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and reiterated that any future cooperation with Washington would only be \u201cconsiderable in a distant future\u201d and only if the United States <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">completely<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> withdraws its military presence from the Middle East and ends support for Israel.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The remarks came as former senior regime insiders openly question the value and legacy of the embassy seizure, and at a moment when Khamenei\u2019s visibility has sharply declined\u2014he now surfaces primarily to reassure a political and security base <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/irans-regime-grapples-with-internal-crisis-as-regional-tensions-mount\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shaken by strategic setbacks<\/a> and deepening internal disputes.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Khamenei\u2019s Defiant Speech Exposes a Regime Gripped by Fear, Denial, and Collapse<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WJhzuX2RlK\">https:\/\/t.co\/WJhzuX2RlK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1980376946661019836?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">A Rare Appearance to Reinforce Ideological Lines<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;335559738&quot;:160,&quot;335559739&quot;:80}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">During his speech in Tehran, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/farsi.khamenei.ir\/news-content?id=61684\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Khamenei told an audience<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> of handpicked students: \u201cThe conflict between the Islamic Republic and the United States is intrinsic.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">He dismissed recent U.S. messaging around possible diplomacy, framing all proposals as disguised demands for Iranian <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201csurrender.\u201d<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> He said Donald Trump had merely made explicit what earlier U.S. presidents supposedly concealed: \u201cThis president said it openly and revealed America\u2019s true face.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Khamenei also defended the embassy seizure itself, saying the students who stormed the U.S. mission had <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201creason and argument,\u201d<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and that the act revealed the <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201ctrue identity\u201d<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> of the Islamic Revolution. He insisted the event must remain <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cin our national memory.\u201d<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/departmenthistory\/short-history\/iraniancrises\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">embassy was seized<\/a> on November 4, 1979, and 52 American diplomats and staff were held for 444 days, leading to the severing of Iran\u2013U.S. diplomatic relations that continue today.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Khamenei\u2019s Sudden Masquerade of Nationalism Seeks to Misdirect <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>\u2019s Outrage<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tAIOMo0F09\">https:\/\/t.co\/tAIOMo0F09<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1948731963344560421?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 25, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Attempt to Anchor Today\u2019s Policy in the 1953 Coup<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;335559738&quot;:160,&quot;335559739&quot;:80}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Khamenei again traced the roots of hostility to the August 19, 1953, overthrow of Iran\u2019s then Prime Minister Dr. Mohammad Mossadegh, calling it the moment Iranians <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201crecognized America\u2019s arrogant nature.\u201d<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">However, that narrative obscures a core historical contradiction inside the regime\u2019s own ideological lineage. The regime\u2019s founder, Ruhollah <a href=\"https:\/\/mrmorellichs.weebly.com\/uploads\/2\/2\/0\/1\/22015494\/iranian_revolution_-_the_rise_of_khomeini.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Khomeini, had no affinity<\/a> for Mossadegh\u2019s nationalist government. Khomeini was aligned with Abol-Ghasem Kashani\u2014one of the clerical figures who supported the coup against Mossadegh. Khomeini himself expressed reservations about Mossadegh\u2019s political direction at the time.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">By presenting the regime as the heir to Dr. Mossadegh\u2019s anti-imperial legacy, Khamenei\u2019s argument sidesteps the reality that the ruling clerical establishment historically stood outside\u2014and often against\u2014 Dr. Mossadegh\u2019s movement. The speech\u2019s historical framing therefore functions less as analysis than as an effort to reinforce revolutionary identity under pressure.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Khamenei?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Khamenei<\/a> Rejects U.S. Talks, Vows Enrichment Will Continue as Snapback Deadline Nears<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Q0Ug6uBUgs\">https:\/\/t.co\/Q0Ug6uBUgs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1970578462667874773?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 23, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Conditions Designed to Reject Diplomacy<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;335559738&quot;:160,&quot;335559739&quot;:80}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Khamenei said Iran would only <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">consider<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> any U.S. request for cooperation if Washington:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[65533,0],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;%1.&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Ends all support for Israel.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[65533,0],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;%1.&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Removes all U.S. military bases from the region.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"%1.\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[65533,0],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;%1.&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Ceases all involvement in regional affairs.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">These conditions, explicitly set in the future and not \u201cin the near term,\u201d amount to a categorical rejection of diplomacy. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Tehran\u2019s officials have acknowledged that indirect messaging continues. The Foreign Ministry spokesperson confirmed that <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cmessages are exchanged through intermediaries,\u201d<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> though he denied the existence of formal negotiations.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>&#39;s Economic Strain and Unrest Fears Drive Khamenei\u2019s Push for Narrative Control<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/F51d8EVrf4\">https:\/\/t.co\/F51d8EVrf4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1965092162502312390?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 8, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Open Internal Dissent<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;335559738&quot;:160,&quot;335559739&quot;:80}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The regime\u2019s narrative surrounding the embassy takeover is no longer uniform. Former senior officials now openly challenge the mythologized version of the event. On November 2, former deputy parliament speaker Ali Motahari wrote that the takeover was <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201chasty and influenced by leftist currents\u201d<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and that: \u201c444 days of hostage-taking disfigured the image of the Islamic Revolution in the world.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">He argued the action ultimately <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">benefited Washington<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and harmed Iran.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In mid-October, Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri\u2014once a member of the regime\u2019s top arbitration body\u2014called the seizure a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asriran.com\/fa\/news\/1102817\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cbig mistake\u201d<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and said <\/span><\/a><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cmany of the country\u2019s problems\u201d<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> began from that point.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The criticism directly undercuts Khamenei\u2019s claim that the event constitutes the revolution\u2019s \u201cidentity.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Khamenei?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Khamenei<\/a> Rejects U.S. Talks, Backs Pezeshkian as Regime Faces Deepening Splits<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZhUHUfNCG6\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZhUHUfNCG6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1959713501103972468?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">A Leader Appearing Only to Reassure a Shaken Base<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;335559738&quot;:160,&quot;335559739&quot;:80}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Khamenei\u2019s limited visibility in recent months has been notable. He now tends to appear only during symbolic anniversaries or moral-ideological interventions. The timing of this speech matches that pattern.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">His public presence is aimed not at ordinary Iranians\u2014who face inflation, unemployment, and severe economic pressure\u2014but at keeping regime loyalists aligned. The base has been shaken by:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Strategic setbacks in the region, including recent conflicts that damaged Iranian-linked facilities.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Growing policy disputes inside the elite.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Public criticism from establishment figures once considered loyal.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The strain of long-term sanctions and a stalled economy.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Khamenei urged the state, military, and universities to \u201cbecome stronger,\u201d arguing that only power, not negotiation, guarantees security.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cIf the country becomes strong, the enemy will not dare confront it.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">By calling the conflict with the United States <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">permanent<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and by tying Iran\u2019s political identity to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/publications\/special-reports\/an-overview-of-irans-history-of-hostage-taking-and-how-western-appeasement-has-fueled-tehrans-terrorism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the 1979 hostage-taking<\/a>, Khamenei signals a continued refusal to adjust strategy\u2014even as Iran faces financial strain, diplomatic isolation, and eroding internal cohesion.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three-minute read&nbsp; The clerical regime&rsquo;s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei marked the anniversary of the November 4, 1979, seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran by insisting that hostility between the [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":338846,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[5480],"class_list":{"0":"post-338845","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nuclear","8":"tag-ali-khamenei"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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