𝐈𝐑𝐀𝐍'𝐒 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐑 𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐈𝐃𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐌𝐒: “𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐒 𝐒𝐀𝐈𝐃 𝐍𝐎 𝐓𝐎 𝐖𝐀𝐑, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐖𝐄 𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐎𝐑𝐒𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐌𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐆𝐄” Tehran didn't wait a day to claim Tuesday's election as its own victory. Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, speaker of Iran's parliament, framed the Democratic sweep as a referendum on American strength itself: “𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘕𝘖 𝘛𝘖 𝘞𝘈𝘙, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦.” This is the same Ghalibaf who, since the recent U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran's nuclear and missile sites, has argued that 𝐖𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐨𝐧'𝐬 "𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞" collapsed in that war. Now he's reading a congressional election as proof he was right all along. An adversary that just absorbed strikes on its own weapons program is treating a House and Senate flip as evidence that the United States has lost its nerve. That's not a Democratic talking point. That's a hostile regime grading our politics by how weak it thinks we've become. Elections have consequences at home. They have an audience abroad too, and this one just told you exactly what Tehran heard. 𝐀𝐧 𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐡'𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮. Source: @Telegraph