Mujtaba Khamenei says US power has suffered an "irreversible fall" Iran's leader, Ayatollah Mujtaba Khamenei, stated in a statement on November 4 that the military power and international influence of the United States has suffered an "irreversible fall". According to him, the events in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz disproved the American invincibility myth. In his message for Student Day and the National Day to Fight Global Arrogance, Mujtaba Khamenei also rejected the expectation that the Iranian concessions or the alternative between the parties in Washington would end hostilities against the country.