Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf ridicules US's economic pressure campaign as oil prices surge and Hormuz standoff continues.

Iran’s parliament speaker, Mohammad Ghalibaf, one of the country’s top remaining leaders, called out the U.S. leadership as global oil prices touched $126 per barrel.

The US president has faced intense political pressure to end the war on Iran, which is unpopular even with much of his base, has increased costs for American consumers paying at…