Iran's chief negotiator in talks with the United States, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said Wednesday that Americans had voted "NO TO WAR" after Democrats routed Republicans in the US midterm elections.
He framed the result as a public rebuke tied to President Donald Trump's conflict with Iran. Democrats, according to the account of the vote, won full control of the US Congress in a sweeping set of upsets that dealt a heavy blow to Trump and his party.
What Ghalibaf said
In a post on X, the Iran negotiator wrote that Americans had said no to war "[c]onscience or the cost of living," and that Tehran endorsed that message. He added a sharper warning: if the US government "betrays their public will to serve international paymasters and blackmailers," it would learn that Iran's "NO comes with a Nightmare."
Ghalibaf's remarks cast the midterms as a verdict not only on domestic prices and tariffs but also on the war itself, which the same account said had pushed fuel prices higher and deepened dissatisfaction with an already unpopular president.
War background and current state
The fighting began after US-Israeli strikes on Iran in February. For months since then the conflict has been at a stalemate, broken by occasional exchanges of fire, while concern has persisted that hostilities could widen again into a fuller confrontation.
Wednesday's comments from Iran's top interlocutor with Washington place the US election result inside that still-unresolved confrontation, presenting the ballot as a public signal Tehran says it welcomes—and as a test of whether US policy will follow it.
Timeline: what has happened so far
- February: US-Israeli strikes on Iran trigger the war.
- Following months: Fighting settles into a stalemate, with sporadic exchanges of fire and fear of a broader return to full-scale hostilities.
- US midterms (as described Wednesday): Democrats take full control of Congress in a landslide framed as a rebuke of Trump over living costs, tariffs and the Iran war.
- Wednesday: Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf says Americans voted "NO TO WAR," endorses that message, and warns against ignoring the public will.
Aasan alfaaz mein
Iran ke America se baat karne wale numainda Ghalibaf ne kaha ke Amriki logon ne midterm elections mein jung ke khilaf vote diya. Unhon ne Democrats ki jeet ko Trump aur Iran jang se gusse se jora. Iran is paigham ko support karta hai, lekin America ko chetavani bhi di ke awam ki marzi nazarandaz na ki jaye. Jang February se chal rahi hai aur abhi bhi rukawat ke daur mein hai.
