Iran's chief negotiator interprets US midterm results as rejection of war

Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, posted on social media on November 4, 2026, saying that American voters had rejected war. He was responding to US midterm election results, in which Democrats won control of both houses of Congress, defeating Trump's Republican Party. Ghalibaf said voters chose "no to war," whether because of conscience or worries about the cost of living. He added that Iran also rejects war, but warned that this rejection "comes with a nightmare" if the US government ignores what voters want. Many Americans had grown unhappy with rising prices, tariffs, and US military action against Iran, which had started in February 2026. Iran's government supported Ghalibaf's reading of the election results.