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gasoline prices during the US-Israel war on Iran, combined with Trump’s tariffs, were squeezing working families. Democrats have increasingly focused on the conflict’s economic impact
Iran, and the consequent closure of the strait of Hormuz, have roiled global industry. Trump, under political pressure because of higher gasoline prices in the US, has said a [deal to reopen the strait
impacted by rising energy prices and supply disruptions from the US-Israel war on Iran. However, New Delhi had been avoiding hiking retail fuel prices, making it one of the last major economies to pass
war with Iran](https://www.theguardian.com/world/us-israel-war-on-iran), which has significantly disrupted the global oil market and driven up gas prices around the world. The conflict has had significant impacts on US consumers. Americans have paid
gasoline price scheme that would see huge increases for some consumers. This sparked [nationwide protests](/news/2019/12/17/vicious-crackdown-iran-protest-death-toll-at-304-amnesty-says), and since then, the government has been wary about similar price hikes. While inflation has galloped on, continued subsidies
Iran war could become Trump’s equivalent of Hurricane Katrina, the catastrophic tropical cyclone that killed 1,392 people in and around New Orleans in 2005 and inflicted huge damage on President George W Bush
Iran war, and roadblocks set up by either criminal groups or protesters. In recent months, protests by farmers and truck drivers have caused major logistical delays. Protesters are demanding lower fuel costs and improved security
gasoline price](https://fuelinsights.gasbuddy.com/charts) is at $4.55 as of 22 May, up roughly $1.50 from where it was before the US and Israel attacked Iran in late February, says [Denton Cinquegrana](https://www.opis.com/blog/post-author/denton-cinquegrana/),
Iran. Friday’s move, even though its [impact on lowering prices is questionable](/economy/2026/4/13/energy-prices-rise-despite-jones-act-suspension-by-trump), reflects a broader push by the White House to dampen politically sensitive fuel price spikes before November’s midterm elections, where
prices Democrats should get louder in championing clean energy’s affordability and resilience from global shocks, according to some of the party’s leading voices on the climate. As the [Iran](https://www.theguardian.com/world/iran) war
US and Israeli attacks in Iran and Lebanon, including a February airstrike that killed [at least 175 people](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/11/iran-war-missile-strike-elementary-school) at an [Iranian elementary school.](https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/mar/03/minab-school-bombing-how-the-worst-mass-casualty-event-of-the-iran-war-unfolded-a-visual-guide) “I’ve just been feeling like
gasoline, grocery and other prices spurred to new heights by the Iran war and the disruption in oil supplies. So Trump surprised White House reporters by bringing them to a platform overlooking the construction site
impact on economically poorer countries. Iraq is not shipping or producing oil, which is normally responsible for 85% of revenues. Bangladesh, with significant household needs for gas for cooking, is cut off from Middle East
us at exactly the same place we were before." Iran's closing of the Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping corridor for the world's oil, has sent fuel prices skyrocketing and posed problems
Iran. High oil and gas prices and energy shortages triggered by the recent war have created what the Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, Fatih Birol, has called "[the mother of all energy crises
impact on the US, the international strategic fallout may prove more long lasting. Photograph: Tim Page/Corbis/Getty Images --- Clearly the domestic US consequences of Iran will never match Vietnam. True, the war was unpopular from