Iran called the American operation to suppress arms shipments an attempt to soften the defeat.
The US military, with statements about the establishment of the Iron Gate Task Force in order to prevent Iran from transferring weapons, is trying to mitigate the negative effects caused by the failure of the US military campaign and the results of the US midterm elections on November 3, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Bakkai said on Monday. "The US military with the idea of the Iron Gate group is somehow trying to compensate for its defeat, especially in the post-election situation, when they have to be responsible for miscalculations," the agency said. IRNA lyrics by Bakai.