A Center for American Progress analysis found that the war is "forcing rural households to pay at least $26 more per week at the pump and threatening to push grocery prices even higher in the months ahead."

In April, the consumer price index rose by 3.8% year-on-year in the United States, fueled by soaring prices at the pump as well as for food.

Americans paid more for their groceries last month, but high gasoline prices resulting from the Iran war were only one of the reasons why.

American fuel prices are up 50% since the start of the Iran war