Consequences of attack on Iran for Americans; Trump: Not worried about rising gas prices

Pars Today – In response to the impact of his country’s and the Zionist regime’s military aggression against Iran on global oil prices and gasoline prices in the United States, the U.S. president claimed he is not worried about rising gasoline prices.

According to Pars Today, Donald Trump told Reuters that he is not concerned about gasoline price increases in the U.S. resulting from the military aggression against Iran, saying, “If prices go up, they go up.”

While the American public, markets, and investors are worried and frightened since the start of the war against Iran, Trump claimed he has no concern about rising prices.

The military aggression by the United States and the Zionist regime against Iran over the past few days has led to gasoline prices in the United States rising by about 20 cents per gallon (around 7 percent).

Donald Trump told Reuters that he does not intend to use the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve — the world’s largest emergency oil reserve, stored in an underground network of salt caverns in the states of Louisiana and Texas.

The U.S. president also claimed he is confident that the Strait of Hormuz, south of Iran, through which one out of every five barrels of the world’s oil passes, will remain open.

Trump’s remarks came more than a week after he stated in his State of the Union address that gasoline prices had declined.

The joint military aggression by the United States and Israel against Iran, which reportedly led to the martyrdom of Iran’s Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, began on February 28, 2026. The operation occurred while indirect negotiations between Iran and the United States were underway through the mediation of some regional countries.

Analysts believe this action demonstrated that the United States does not in practice adhere sufficiently to the principles of dialogue, confidence-building, and peaceful resolution of disputes, and continues to use military options as a tool of political pressure.

Following the start of the joint military aggression by the United States and Israel, the Islamic Republic of Iran delivered a firm, targeted, and proportionate response. As part of this legitimate response, military and security positions of the Israeli regime in various cities of occupied Palestine, as well as U.S. military bases and deployments in the region, were precisely struck by missile, drone, and air operations.

Official Iranian authorities emphasized that these operations were conducted under the inherent right of self-defense in accordance with Article 51 of the United Nations Charter, aiming to establish deterrence, prevent the continuation of aggression, and impose costs on the aggressors. Iran has warned that any further continuation or expansion of the aggression will be met with a stronger and broader response.