Anti-Iranian Senator: War with Iran must end Ted Cruz, Republican Senator: Texas has turned blue. I never thought that one day I would say such a thing. As voters struggle to pay for gas, groceries and child care, many Republican candidates have been talking about other issues. A large number of Republican politicians either did not understand these issues or did not care about them. The tariffs made the price of everything too expensive. The Iran war was too long; This war must end./ ISNA the news channel of the Revolutionary Guards.