Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaf, said that Americans had voted "no to war" and that Tehran "endorses this message," comments made in the wake of a US electoral setback for the Republican Party.
Ghalibaf, who serves as one of Iran's leading diplomatic figures on negotiations with world powers, framed the US vote as a repudiation of military escalation. "We endorse this message," he said, according to the report.
The statement came as former US president Donald Trump acknowledged that the conflict had been a factor in his party's poor performance in the vote, tying political outcomes in America to public concern over international confrontations.
Iranian officials often use developments in US domestic politics to signal how they interpret shifts in US policy or public sentiment. Ghalibaf's remarks are likely to be read as Tehran underscoring opposition to further military escalation, although the comments stopped short of outlining any immediate diplomatic steps.
Analysts say such public statements from senior Iranian figures are part of a broader pattern of messaging aimed at both domestic and international audiences. By highlighting what it called a popular rejection of war in the United States, Tehran appears to be attempting to shape the international narrative around the conflict and its consequences.
There was no immediate response from US political leaders to Ghalibaf's comments. The interplay between US electoral politics and foreign policy positions is likely to be monitored closely by diplomats and observers in the coming days.