Tehran (AFP) - Iran's chief negotiator, Speaker of the Shura Council, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, said Wednesday that the Americans' vote is "no to war" after the Democrats won over the Republicans in the midterm elections.
Published on: 04/11/2026 - 07:45
The Democrats took full control of the US Congress after inflicting a series of major defeats on President Donald Trump's Republican Party.
The result reflected the prevailing state of anger over the rising costs of living, customs duties, and the war on Iran, which led to a significant increase in fuel prices and exacerbated feelings of dissatisfaction with the president, who had lost his popularity.
Ghalibaf’s post on the X platform said, “Whether out of conviction or because of the cost of living, the Americans said: No to war, and we support this message.”
He added, "If the American government betrays the will of its people to serve international parties that finance and practice blackmail, it will realize that the word 'no' we say is accompanied by a nightmare."
The war sparked by US-Israeli strikes on Iran in February has been stalemated for months, with intermittent exchanges of fire amid fears of renewed hostilities on a large scale.
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