Iran risks misreading America’s midterm verdict

With the Republicans losing control of both the House and the Senate in the Nov. 3 US midterm elections, many observers saw the outcome as a broad public rejection of the war with Iran. The conflict had come home to American voters through higher fuel prices, a rising cost of living and persistent inflation. Low-income families felt it most. Many voters, Republicans among them, switched to the Democrats. President Donald Trump implicitly conceded as much. Vice President J.D. Vance said it outrig