ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Sunday that efforts by mediators to broker talks between Tehran and Washington had stalled following the Republican Party’s heavy losses in the US midterm elections, adding that Iran would wait to see how the Trump administration responds to the results.

“For the past few days, there has been no more travel [by mediators], and the reason for this is the shock that the election results in the United States have caused to everyone," Araghchi told state television.

“It will take some time for the situation to settle and become conducive for mediators again; we need to be patient,” he added.

US President Donald Trump’s Republican Party suffered heavy losses to the Democratic Party in Tuesday’s US midterm elections.

In recent weeks, Trump has threatened to renew strikes against Iran, with US media reports suggesting hostilities could resume after the midterm elections.

On Sunday, Trump told CNN that renewed strikes were "highly unlikely" as long as talks continued to progress.

Public pressure on Trump to end the conflict with Iran has mounted, as rising living costs have emerged as a decisive issue for voters.

Araghchi said Tehran must wait to see how the Trump administration will “process these results,” adding that Iran would then “determine how to proceed from here.”

Since late October, several mediators, including Qatar, Turkey and Pakistan, have reached out to Iranian authorities in efforts to broker a possible agreement between Tehran and Washington.

The warring sides reached a 14-point memorandum of understanding (MoU) in June to end hostilities and resume talks for 60 days. It collapsed only 21 days later after the US Central Command accused Iran of striking a ship in the Strait of Hormuz.