Iran says it is 'still in a state of war' after US strikes on Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz
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.Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, where Iranian state media reported overnight explosions confirming the US strikes, just hours before midterm polls opened.A billboard of Donald Trump in Tehran, where Iranian authorities have unveiled the mural in the country's capital city.IRGC Navy missile infrastructure tunnels along Iran's southern coast, as Tehran unveiled a mural calling for the killing of Donald Trump.
Trump struck Qeshm Island hours before polls opened, targeting Iranian missile batteries that had downed a US drone the previous day — then told Fox News "this isn't a war." Iran's deputy foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi flatly rejected that framing, declaring the US military aggression "has not ended in our view."
DeSantis called the Iran war a 'big, big drag' on Republican candidates, with soaring gas prices compounding voter fury.
Tucker Carlson claimed Trump could order a nuclear strike on Iran's underground Pickaxe Mountain facility within days — though Trump ruled out nuclear weapons in an October Newsmax interview.
Iranian clerics are now openly demanding nuclear weapons, with one prayer leader declaring 'nuclear deterrence is our inalienable right' to chanting congregants.
