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Iranian Speaker Claims Americans Have Voted 'No to War'

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Iranian Speaker Claims Americans Have Voted 'No to War'
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Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf stated that Americans have rejected war following the Republican midterm election defeat, while four oil tankers caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz.

  • Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf stated that Americans have rejected war following the Republican Party's midterm election defeat.
  • Ghalibaf warned that if the US government betrays its people's will to serve global interest groups, Iran's refusal will lead to dire consequences.
  • President Donald Trump acknowledged that the Republican midterm election losses were partly linked to the conflict and rising fuel prices.
  • Trump stated he does not regret the decision made last February to cooperate with Israel in carrying out strikes against Iran.
  • Trump remarked in an interview that the conflict will end when he says it ends.
  • On the other hand, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced that four oil tankers caught fire due to sea mines in the Strait of Hormuz.
  • Tasnim News Agency reported that two of the four ships were still on fire and two others had been struck while trying to pass through a prohibited southern sea lane.
  • BBC has not independently verified the claims made by the Revolutionary Guard regarding the oil tankers.