Iran taunts Trump over soaring American gas prices as the eight-month war weighs on Republicans before the midterms

Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf mocked America: 'High gas prices, diesel shortages and bell-bottoms. Enjoy the nostalgia!' A gallon of regular averaged about $4.30 on Monday, up from $3.04 a year ago. The Strait of Hormuz remains closed in the war Trump launched in late February. Iran's Revolutionary Guards called his vow of falling prices 'his biggest lie'.

91 per cent of Texas voters say the Iran war is driving fuel prices up.

Iran's own economy is buckling under US sanctions and an American naval blockade.