What next for Iran war after Trump's midterms defeat?

We're going to cross then live to Tehran, talk to our correspondent who joins us from there, Reza Sire. Reza, where then does this result leave the war? Is it just impossible to say, do you think? I mean, Trump saying he could involve or his response could involve a heavy hit on Iran. I think it's hard to say what the impact of these midterm elections is going to be in this war, in this conflict, because it has been an unpredictable conflict ever since this war started back in June of 2025. There's been so many analysts, so many lofty experts and think tanks who've offered predictions and analysis, and they've been wrong more often than not. And I think the challenge remains the challenge. Finding out what the impact is of these midterm elections on the U.S. war against Iran. I think the average observer would look at the midterm elections as a referendum on the U.S. war against Iran. And clearly the outcome of the vote is the American population telling the Trump administration. The American population doesn't want this war, and logic would say the U.S. president would respect the wish of the American people and perhaps pull back on that war. The problem is, in the views of many here in Iran and throughout the world, in the eyes of many, U.S. President Donald Trump is not your normal president. He's been a president that, in the eyes of many, has rejected international law. international norms. So it's hard to say if you look at this midterm election and pull back on the war or follow through with this threat with a third round of war. Let's talk about Iran's position. Iran's position, the position of the leadership is that they're not going to be distracted by the midterm election. Their position is that they're locked eroded. Their working assumption is that U.S. President Donald Trump is going to launch a third round of this war and they say they're ready for it. Their message has been clear that if a third round of war is launched by the U.S. and or Israel, that they're going to retaliate and their response is going to be regional. It's going to be painful and more widespread than ever. They say they're going to target energy infrastructure, Israel, U.S. allies, U.S. assets, again, to make the war It's painful and possible because it is Iran's position. That the U.S. has not been honest with their diplomacy and the only way to get to stop 50 years of what they view as hostility in war is to make a third round of war as painful as possible.