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Iran's Deputy Parliament Speaker Ali Nikzad has linked Republican losses in the US midterm elections to Washington's war with Iran, calling the results the "aftershocks" of Trump's defeat at the hands of the Iranian people. Iranian officials have welcomed the Democratic victories, portraying them as a rejection of Trump's leadership and his handling of the conflict. Concerns over the Iran war, coupled with rising fuel and commodity prices, also featured prominently in the election outcome. The results come as back-channel negotiations continue to prevent a return to full-scale fighting, even as military tensions around the Strait of Hormuz persist.