Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Friday that Republicans' defeat in this week's midterm legislative elections show public opposition to the US' war mongering policies. "That can not be considered a mere domestic event, rather it marks failure of the war mongering policies of (the US President George W.) Bush worldwide," said Ayatollah Khamenei in an address to a group of locals on the third day of his tour of Semnan.
Ayatollah Khamenei said Republicans' elections defeat can also mean victory of the Iranian nation in this juncture. "Since Washington's hostile and war mongering policies have always been subjected to the Iranian nation, the defeat is in fact landmark victory of the Iranian nation in this political juncture," said the Supreme Leader.
On his part, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Friday that outcome of the US elections reflected the citizens' opposition to government policies. Addressing a group of elites, Ahmadinejad said, according to IRNA, only 40 percent of the eligible voters took part in the elections, which cost the government more than US$ 40 billion.
Ahmadinejad said the vote results show that majority of Americans are fed up with their government's policies.
