Iran is dragging out stalled talks to sway US midterms, officials say, as Tehran taunts Trump over gas prices

Iranian state media is gleefully tracking soaring US pump prices and polls showing voter anger at President Donald Trump. Parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf mocked rising US bond rates: 'We'll return you to 1970s rates, plus high gas prices, diesel shortages and bell-bottoms.' The Revolutionary Guards called Trump's booming-economy claims 'his biggest lie'. The vote could shape Washington's next move.

In Kansas, Trump claimed Iran has killed '75,000 minimum protesters' in eight months.

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