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Trump says Iran is trying to drive up oil prices before the midterm elections

"Iran is doing everything they can to drive up the price of Oil prior to the U.S. Midterm Election. They are even making up fake hits, mines, and everything else, because more Oil is coming through the Hormuz Strait now than it did even prior to the beginning of the Conflict," U.S. President Donald Trump wrote on his Truth social platform.

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Published October 22,2026 07:56 PM
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US President Donald Trump ⁠said ⁠on Thursday that Iran was doing ⁠all it could to drive up the price of ⁠oil before ⁠the US midterm elections.

"They are even making up ⁠fake hits, mines, and everything else," he said ⁠in ‌a ‌Truth ⁠Social ‌post.

The US president accused Iranian authorities of continuing to kill protesters and others who oppose the government, claiming that 75,000 protesters had died in less than seven months.

"Iran can never have a nuclear weapon, and they will never (sic) a nuclear weapon," he said.