Al Jazeera reported that Iranian officials are using English statements to highlight US gasoline prices and economic issues, aiming to increase the political cost for the US of a war with Iran. Iran's chief negotiator and Speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, has spoken out to US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent regarding rising costs and military expenditures. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) stated that the world has lost confidence in the US economy, demand for US bonds has plummeted, and that countries are beginning to sell off US debt, anticipating a collapse of the US economy.