Iran cheered Trump’s midterm loss. It misread who still holds the wheel

On Nov. 4, the 47th anniversary of the U.S. Embassy seizure in Tehran, the city’s mayor, Alireza Zakani, told demonstrators about “the decisive defeat of the United States and the Zionist regime in recent developments and elections.” Iran’s parliament speaker and chief negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, posted on X: “Americans said NO TO WAR, and […]