Iran’s chief negotiator and parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, has mocked the US military strategy aimed at reducing Tehran’s ability to control the Strait of Hormuz, saying the approach has produced the opposite result.

“They wanted to punish Iran. Punished themselves with triple-digit oil instead. 10/10 strategy,” Ghalibaf wrote in a post on X, The Caspian Post reports.

They wanted to punish Iran.

Punished themselves with triple-digit oil instead.

10/10 strategy👏👏👏 pic.twitter.com/w80f1Xzuvk

— محمدباقر قالیباف | MB Ghalibaf (@mb_ghalibaf) July 23, 2026

Brent crude, the global benchmark for oil prices, briefly rose above $100 a barrel on Thursday after Houthi forces attacked two Saudi oil tankers.

The US-Israeli war against Iran has triggered a global energy crisis.

Earlier this month, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) downgraded its global economic growth forecast due to the conflict, describing the impact as a “modest slowdown.” The IMF lowered its projected global growth rate from 3.1 percent to 3 percent.