Iran gloats that 'Americans said no to war' after Republicans are routed in the US midterms over Trump's war
Donald Trump, pictured with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance, whose notably different tones on Iran — Vance voicing optimism over a diplomatic deal — emerged as polls opened on the midterms.Smoke rising from a vessel on open water, as Iran's parliamentary speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf warned on Wednesday that Hormuz oil flows had fallen to 45 percent of prewar levels amid the ongoing conflict.A US Air Force C-17 tracked over Europe as part of an airlift of advanced air defence systems into southern Israel, as Israel passed intelligence to the US alleging Iran was considering the use of chemical weapons.IRGC Navy missile infrastructure tunnels along Iran's southern coast, as Tehran unveiled a mural calling for the killing of Donald Trump.
Vance broke with Trump in a 3,300-word social media broadside on Wednesday, bluntly stating 'the reason we lost is the war — the president himself said so last night' after Democrats seized both the Senate and the House.
Republicans lost at least seven Senate seats and 30 House seats, with Trump admitting the Iran conflict 'was a piece of it.'
Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf threatened a 'Nightmare' if Trump defies voters and resumes full military strikes.
Prime Minister Andy Burnham said the results give the world 'an opportunity now' to resolve the Iran war and ease the cost of living.
