Iran gloats over Trump's midterm blowout: 'US collapse has accelerated'
Iranian officials mocked President Trump over Republicans’ midterm losses and warned that the regime would deploy “new weapons” if he chooses to restart the war. “Conscience or the cost of living, Americans said NO TO WAR, and we endorse this message,” Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf gloated on X, warning Trump against resuming the conflict. “If the US govt betrays their public will to serve international paymasters and blackmailers, it will learn our NO comes with a Nightmare,” the chief Iranian negotiator added. 5 Iranians mock President Trump during an anti-US rally in Tehran following the midterm elections.
Left out here: Leaves out what changes the picture
The article speaks of Trump choosing to 'restart the war' but never says the war began with US-Israeli strikes on Iran in late February and that Iran's closure of the Strait of Hormuz followed them. A reader is left without who started the war Iran is warning about.
How we know
- France 24 (English) reported“Tehran retaliated against US-Israel strikes on Iran since late February”Trump under pressure on Iran war after Republicans' midterms defeat (opens in a new tab)
AFP via Getty Images 5 An Iranian holds flag threatening the president. AFP via Getty Images Hamidreza Moghadamfar, an adviser to the Commander-in-Chief of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), also warned that Tehran was ready to respond if Trump makes good on his promise to renew airstrikes after the midterms. “If the United States or the Zionists take action, Iran will respond with a new doctrine and new weapons, delivering responses that differ from those of the past,” he said.
Left out here: Leaves out what changes the picture
The article never says that the US carried out a strike on Iranian targets in the Strait of Hormuz on the Monday before the vote, with explosions reported on Qeshm and Hengam islands and near Bandar Abbas. Without it a reader takes the Iranian warnings about 'new weapons' and retribution as threats issued during a US pause, when US strikes had just resumed.
How we know
- CBC News reported“Iranian state media reported explosions Monday on Qeshm and Hengam islands and near the southern port city of Bandar Abbas.”Iranian officials welcome U.S. midterm results after voters rebuke Trump administration, Iran war (opens in a new tab)
Explore More Trump weighs making Pete Hegseth the fall guy for Republicans’ crushing midterms loss: ‘Knives are definitely out’ Did blue California exiles swing the Texas race? Major airline increases its checked bag fees — for the second time this year Iran’s still-missing Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei delivered his latest written statement following the midterms, warning that America’s days are numbered. “The process of the US’s collapse has accelerated,” he said. 5 Trump and his handpicked candidates suffered widespread defeat during Tuesday’s midterm elections.
AFP via Getty Images 5 Iranians warned that retribution would come if Trump decides to resume the war. ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH/EPA/Shutterstock He then referred to the US as the “Great Satan” and vowed the Iran will never surrender. The officials’ warnings were echoed around by Iranian broadcasters who mocked the president over the stunning losses across the nation while failing to secure a clear win in the war. “Trump failed at regime change in Iran but he succeeded in Texas,” one of the state-run news outlets joked — parroting a post that went viral on X Tuesday night. 5 Voters cast their ballots at St.
Patrick’s Church, in Youngstown, Ohio on Tuesday. Getty Images Iran does not have free and fair elections — all candidates must be approved by the Supreme Leader for religious purity. Freedom House ranks Iran as one of the least free nations in the world — behind even Russia. Prior to the US elections, Iranian officials published an open letter to American voters urging them to rebuke Trump and the war, with reports emerging that Tehran was also trying to use the war and high gas prices to hurt Republican’s chances.
Senior Iranian officials also confirmed that Tehran was deliberately prolonging talks to weaken Trump’s position in the peace discussion, Reuters reported. Despite the celebrations in Iran, officials are also wary that Trump could lash out over the midterms by accelerating plans to strike the country. Trump has maintained that he would allow diplomacy to run its course and only attack if he feels Iran is not serious about the peace negotiations.
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