American personalities admitting Iran's influence on the mid-term elections American analyst and programmer: the attempt to change the regime in Tehran led to the change of the regime in Washington. Quincy think tank vice president: Democrats didn't win the election; Iran won. American independent journalist: The war with Iran and the cover-up of the Epstein affair had a heavy electoral cost. American writer and political commentator: Iran has hurt America in a way that even an atomic bomb could not deliver. American political activist and election strategist: The Iran war was the biggest political mistake of my life.