Iran's parliament speaker says Americans rejected war in midterms
Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf said Tehran backs the message, and warned that a US government ignoring its people would face a nightmare.
American voters had turned against war, and Tehran endorses that message, Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf said on Wednesday, Turkey's state-run news agency Anadolu Agency reported.
In a post on the US social media platform X, Qalibaf said Americans had opposed war, whether out of moral conviction or because of economic pressure.
He warned that a US government that ignores the will of its people to serve foreign backers and extortionists would face a "nightmare."
His remarks followed Tuesday's US midterm elections, in which Democrats were projected to win control of both the Senate and the House of Representatives.
The result was a setback for President Donald Trump and his Republican Party, Anadolu Agency reported.
Trump launched the war on Iran in February, together with Israel.
Meanwhile, Qatar continues to mediate between Washington and Tehran amid tensions over the US naval blockade and security in the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran said on Monday that it was still exchanging messages with the United States through mediators, and that reopening the strait depends on Washington ending the blockade.
The midterm elections are held every two years to choose all 435 members of the House and about a third of the Senate, and they are widely seen as a test of the sitting president's standing.
The Strait of Hormuz is a narrow waterway between Iran and Oman that links the Gulf to the open sea and carries a large share of the world's oil shipments.
