India, Oct. 23 -- US President Donald Trump on Thursday accused Iran of deliberately trying to drive up global oil prices ahead of next month's US midterm elections. He said Tehran was staging fake attacks and mines in the Strait of Hormuz to disrupt oil supplies, Times Now reported, citing a post by Trump on Truth Social.

"Iran is doing everything they can to drive up the price of Oil prior to the US Midterm Election. They are even making up fake hits, mines, and everything else," Trump said in the post. He claimed that more oil was currently passing through the Strait of Hormuz than before the conflict began.

Trump also accused Iran of continuing to kill protesters and "anyone else that happens to be in their way," according to the po...