Mikhail Ulyanov: The unjustified military aggression against Iran had a great impact on the internal developments of America Russia's representative in international organizations in Vienna following the defeat of the Republicans in the US mid-term elections: The war against Iran was a choice that the current US government made freely. earlier; The American president and his vice president admitted that the Republicans lost the election because of the war with Iran, following their party's heavy defeat in the midterm elections.