Iran's leader called not to hope for a change in relations with the United States after the mid-term elections Iran's supreme leader, Mujtaba Khamenei, called after the mid-term elections in the United States not to hope for a change in relations between the countries. This was stated in Khamenei's message on the anniversary of the seizure of the American embassy in Tehran in 1979. "If there are still those who hope for a change in behavior or party changes in the ruling system, or who imagine that making concessions to the United States can distance them from hostility towards the Iranian people, they are greatly mistaken," the statement said.