Iran Begs Americans To Vote Democrat In The Midterms In Desperate Last-Ditch Move

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is trying to turn American voters against President Donald Trump ahead of the Nov. 3 midterms, releasing a 25-page letter attacking his administration and U.S. support for Israel.

The appeal blames Trump for the war and predicts economic disaster for Americans, even as Iran’s own currency sinks to historic lows and a U.S. blockade squeezes its trade.

IRGC spokesman Hossein Mohebbi delivered a personal attack on the president while trying to turn voters against his administration.

“America’s national security and the lives of its service members are entrusted to someone who is not only an inveterate liar but is also an insanely avaricious man whose only motivation in life ​is the accumulation of ​greater wealth,” Mohebbi said.

Much of the letter’s pitch centers on Americans’ wallets, pointing to elevated fuel prices from the Middle East conflict as evidence that Trump’s economic assurances cannot be trusted.

“The US economy is on the precipice of collapse, and yet he keeps on telling Americans that the economy is booming and the prices will soon start coming down,” the letter read.

“This is, perhaps, his biggest lie,” it said of the president. “Soon, the dam will break, and the economy will implode, causing, unfortunately, great pain for Americans for many many years.”

The dire forecast echoes the IRGC’s longstanding bet that economic pressure will force Washington to back down. Tehran faces mounting financial trouble of its own under Trump’s Operation Economic Outcast, with trade plunging and the rial hitting record lows this week.

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Mohebbi also insisted Iran still holds sway over the Strait of Hormuz, dismissing oil shipments passing through the critical waterway.

“The fact ​that the Americans ⁠might manage, at great expense, considerable trouble and high risk to sneak a small vessel through the Strait of Hormuz under cover of darkness to export, say, 100 or 200 barrels of oil does ⁠not mean ​the Strait is open,” Mohebbi claimed.

The figures from maritime tracker Kpler tell a different story about the volume getting through: More than 7 million barrels a day are leaving through the strait. Overall Persian Gulf crude exports have reached 72% of prewar levels, while flows through Hormuz remain roughly half their prewar volume.

The letter also sought to defend Iran’s nuclear activities, accusing Trump of hiding the “peaceful nature” of its program. The International Atomic Energy Agency has flagged Tehran’s enrichment of uranium beyond the levels needed to fuel a nuclear power plant.

Washington and Israel have identified preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons as a central justification for the war.

The IRGC also challenged its U.S. designation as a terrorist organization, claiming there was not “a single verifiable instance where the IRGC has committed an act of violence against civilians.”

The denial comes after Iranian authorities’ bloody January crackdown, which left thousands dead. Estimates vary widely, with Time reporting that two senior Iranian health officials said as many as 30,000 people could have been killed on Jan. 8 and 9 alone.

Tehran has blamed foreign actors for instigating the violence.

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