# Newsletter: China wants a seat at the Gulf table

https://mins.news/en/item/129780

- Reuters, 2026-11-04 22:45 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/china-wants-seat-gulf-table-2026-11-04/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6aebb578401f6f0001529074

> Tehran is welcoming the outcome of Tuesday’s US midterm elections. Iranian officials portrayed the Democrats’ capture of Congress as a verdict on Trump’s war. Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said Americans had told Washington “NO TO WAR,” while Iranian newspapers mocked the US president on their front pages.

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