U.S. President Donald Trump accuses Iran of attempting to cause a surge in oil prices before the midterm elections in his country. "They are fabricating fake attacks, mines and everything else, because even more oil is now passing through the Strait of Hormuz - more than before the conflict began. They continue to kill protesters and anyone else who gets in their way. This is a truly evil regime, and I can only hope that the American people and the world understand how evil they are," he wrote on his social media platform Truth Social.