When the results of the mid-term elections in the United States were revealed on November 3 and the Democrats won both the House of Representatives and the Senate, officials and media outlets close to the Iranian government hailed the defeat of the Republicans and called it "the aftershocks of America's defeat in the war with Iran" and "a slap to Donald Trump by the American people."
The results of the US midterm elections coincided with the anniversary of the hostage taking of the embassy staff in Tehran and the holding of a government ceremony on November 4; an issue that was also reflected in the reactions of some Iranian authorities and media.
Donald Trump admitted that the war with Iran was one of the reasons for the defeat of the Republicans in the election, but he defended his decision to attack Iran on the ground. Jeddy Vance, the vice president of the United States, said more bluntly than him: "The reason for our failure is war."
However, the Iranian authorities received the results of the American elections with caution. Some of them also emphasized that despite the defeat of the Republicans, there is no essential difference between the Democrats and the Republicans in American foreign policy.
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