Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf warned on Tuesday that ‘Israel’ is seeking to draw the United States into an open-ended war with Iran, cautioning that Washington would become trapped in a conflict no future administration could escape.
“Israelis are working overtime to drag the US into an endless war with Iran, a quagmire that no president, now or in the future, Republican or Democrat, could escape,” Ghalibaf wrote in a post on his X account.
He urged Washington to abandon what he described as its “Israel First” approach, warning that continued alignment with Israeli policies would have far-reaching consequences for the United States and its allies.
“Unless Washington drops the ‘Israel First’ mindset, America and its allies are headed straight for a dark age,” he cautioned.
Israelis are working overtime to drag the US into an endless war with Iran, a quagmire that no president, now or in the future, Republican or Democrat, could escape. Unless Washington drops the “Israel First” mindset, America and its allies are headed straight for a dark age.
— محمدباقر قالیباف | MB Ghalibaf (@mb_ghalibaf) November 9, 2026
Earlier on Sunday, US President Donald Trump admitted that the Iran war and a “great dislike” for ‘Israel’ contributed to the Republicans lost in the midterm elections.
“I think if I was on the ballot, it would’ve been a much different situation because you saw the level of popularity and love,” Trump said in an interview with CBS’ “60 Minutes” that aired Sunday.
“But there’s something beyond that. They didn’t like the war. They didn’t like the fact that gasoline went up, ‘cause I had it down at a low, and there’s a great dislike, incredibly, for Israel.”
Source: Al-Manar English Website