Will the Trump beatdown from the Midterms slow his approach to more military engagment with Iran?
Talks ARE on going led by Qatar in the region that may produce a breakthru
Russia IS making money on Trump’s war with sending Iran weapons and making money, it sorely NEEDS from increased Gas/Oil Prices…
Oil prices ARE falling since the Midterm results with hope that there would bwe NO start up in attacka nd maybe even some sort of agreement that could rescue Trump’s polling numbers?….
(Around mat way?….Gas prices had and are still falling…Maybe the polling numbers pointing to the Midterm results?)
The American Vice President seems to be trying to put some space between himself and his boss, Presidentr Trump on the ‘War’, which he did NOT support before he got his job working for Trump…
There IS a continued internal Iran leadership tussle going on…
President Trump’s loss of the House and Senate intersects with one of the most consequential decisions of his presidency: whether to resume intense combat operations against Iran, in a war that Mr. Trump’s vice president said Wednesday was the primary reason for the Republican Party’s crushing defeat.
The results across the country in Tuesday’s midterm elections drove home how deeply unpopular the war was among Americans — and how much backlash Mr. Trump could face if he renewed major strikes against the country, which the United States and Israel jointly attacked in February.
The political blow deepened the challenge Mr. Trump faces in ending a war of his choosing.
He has already hinted that he is in no rush to resume bombing, despite a major naval and air power buildup that has been underway for weeks as he has mulled whether to launch an intense, short attack on Iran’s surviving nuclear-related sites, along with energy and infrastructure targets.
It may yet happen: Past presidents, suddenly plunged into lame-duck status, have often reached for their military options, partly to demonstrate that their role as commander in chief is undiminished. George W. Bush accelerated in Iraq after his historic midterm defeat in 2006, though only after replacing his defense secretary, Donald H. Rumsfeld, and radically changing his strategy. Within limits, it worked….
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Ryan Crocker, a six-time U.S. ambassador in the Middle East and South Asia, said on Wednesday that the war’s role in the Republicans’ midterm losses should validate Mr. Trump’s long-stated reluctance to avoid forever wars.
“I would hope that this midterm result will reinforce the president’s gut instincts toward caution in military conflict,” Mr. Crocker said at a briefing held by the Middle East Institute.
Mr. Crocker said that Iran’s leadership has long shown a high tolerance for pain and suffering, and would not be fazed by several more days of heavy bombing. “We will be playing into their strong suit if we restart kinetic activity,” he said, referring to military operations….
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Iran’s willingness to re-engage on the issue suggests that Qatar-led diplomatic efforts to avert full-blown war between the U.S. and Iran have had some success.
Iran is reviewing a set of proposals presented by mediators that could shape the future of its nuclear program, according to five officials briefed on the negotiations, representing a potential breakthrough in stalled diplomatic efforts to end its war with the United States.
Iran’s willingness to re-engage in nuclear talks, after weeks of refusing to budge, suggests recent mediation efforts led by Qatar to prevent a return to full-blown war have had some success, the officials said. They described the terms being reviewed as “concrete proposals,” without elaborating….
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Vice President JD Vance has emerged as a key proponent of the Qatari-led efforts to avert a military escalation, according to three of the officials. He has also appeared to try and distance himself from President Trump by blaming the war for the Republicans’ heavy losses in the midterm elections this week.
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Oil prices fell sharply after the midterm results, as some observers thought it could encourage Mr. Trump to end the war.
Iranian leaders have warned that its forces would expand their range of targets if the country is attacked again. Senior Iranian officials and clerics are also debating whether Iran should withdraw from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, which prohibits the development of a nuclear weapon.
Gulf Arab officials have expressed growing concerns that a renewed U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran could lead to devastating retaliatory strikes on their own countries, further straining their already bruised economies….
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Russia arranged to supply Iran with 90 launchers for advanced guided missiles, according to leaked defence industry documents that shed light on the depth of military cooperation between Moscow and Tehran.
The documents, obtained by Dallas Analytics, a Ukrainian private intelligence firm, and shared with the Guardian, detail plans to supply Iranwith launchers for the LMUR, a guided missile fired from attack helicopters which Russian forces have used extensively against Ukrainian targets since the full-scale invasion in 2022.
A production schedule drawn up in May 2024 by Vympel, a leading Russian designer of missiles and launch systems, lists an order for 90 launchers under an export contract designated “K-10”, with deliveries scheduled between late 2024 and December 2025. Separate internal paperwork explicitly identifies K-10 as Iran….
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The records do not establish whether the launchers were ultimately delivered. However, a separate production schedule listing six Yak-130 jet trainers destined for Iran in 2023 is consistent with publicly reported deliveries of the aircraft.
The files offer fresh insight into Russian-Iranian military cooperation at a sensitive moment as Washington weighs its next steps in its war against Iran after the US midterm elections.
Observers widely regard Moscow as one of the main winners of a prolonged war in Iran, which has brought Russia strategic and economic advantages.
Russia has benefited from an increase in global energy prices triggered by disruptions to shipping through the strait of Hormuz and attacks on energy infrastructure across the Gulf. Higher oil revenues give the Kremlin an additional source of funds for its war in Ukraine and could help ease pressure on Russia’s strained budget.
The war has also diverted international attention and western military resources away from Ukraine, further straining Kyiv’s access to crucial US-made Patriot air defence interceptors…..
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ISW…Iran Update, November 5, 2026
- The Houthis are seeking to end Saudi Arabia’s involvement in the war in Yemen by demanding Saudi recognition of Houthi sovereignty, which would create conditions for the Houthis to advance their grand strategic objective of controlling all of Yemen. The Houthis have structured a campaign to compel Saudi Arabia to abandon its military intervention in Yemen, which would undermine the Yemeni government’s ability to resist future Houthi efforts to seize the rest of the country.
- Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al Zaydi has reportedly sidelined Shia Coordination Framework leaders from engaging in disarmament negotiations with Iranian-backed Iraqi militias, which is part of Zaydi’s continued efforts to balance between the United States and Iranian-backed Iraqi actors.
- Kataib Hezbollah appears to be attempting to counter Zaydi’s efforts to balance between the United States and the militias by stoking tensions between Zaydi and the Shia Coordination Framework. The framework has multiple political tools to thwart Zaydi’s endeavors.
- Current indicators suggest that Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps-directed militia cells conducted drone reconnaissance of the US Embassy in Baghdad on October 27.
- Iran reportedly sought to acquire Russian military equipment in 2023 and 2024 that could support the regime’s counterinsurgency efforts.
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