The president of the United States, Donald Trump, has blamed Iran this Thursday for deliberately raising the price of oil as an electoral weapon against his Republican Party ahead of the decisive legislative elections on November 3.
The increase in fuel prices has become one of the biggest concerns of the American population since the war between Iran and the United States and Israel broke out last February. With the Strait of Hormuz blocked, Trump has even been forced to resort to Russian diesel to try to contain the price escalation.
On social media, the president has accused Iran of doing everything possible "to raise the price of oil before the 'midterms' to the point that 'they are inventing false attacks, mines, and everything else.'
The occupant of the White House has also claimed that, thanks to Washington's actions, "right now more crude is coming out of Hormuz than even before the conflict."
According to figures from the firm Kpler, cited by Bloomberg, flows of crude and condensate from the Persian Gulf reached a peak of 24.6 million barrels per day in the week ending October 18.
However, shipments continue to show great volatility and the average for October so far remains below the levels recorded before the outbreak of the war. Shipments are usually organized in convoys, with ships crossing the Strait of Hormuz, transferring crude to tankers waiting outside the passage, and then returning to reload.
Trump has again lashed out at the "evil" Iranian authorities, who continue "murdering protesters and anyone who interferes in their affairs."
"They really are an evil regime and I just hope that Americans and the whole world understand how evil they are," he denounced, reiterating once again that he will never allow Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon, a strategic priority for the United States and Israel in this conflict, despite the Islamic Republic maintaining that its atomic program has exclusively peaceful purposes.