Khamenei mocks Trump's defeat from his hiding place – the White House responded with a threat

Mojtaba Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran who has been in hiding since his father's assassination, mocked the Republican defeat in the US midterm elections and claimed that Washington's collapse is approaching. The White House dismissed the remarks and threatened to deepen the strikes until the regime is toppled.

Iran's Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, who went underground after his father's assassination, boasted after the US midterm elections and claimed that the Republican defeat is bringing Washington's collapse closer. The White House dismissed the statements with contempt and made it clear that President Donald Trump holds all the cards, controls the Strait of Hormuz, and does not rule out deepening the strikes until the fall of the Ayatollahs' regime. Security experts and former government advisors call on the president not to succumb to political pressures and to use the remainder of his term to deepen the damage to Iran's nuclear and missile capabilities. Meanwhile, the regime in Tehran has escalated its anti-Western rhetoric, including an exhibition with a mock execution of Trump and an AI-generated video threatening Western European countries. Experts warn that the top leadership in Tehran is waging a psychological campaign to deter Washington from further military action.