Ghalibaf’s maths missile at Trump decoded: Is Iran fixing US interest rates?

Iran’s speaker mocks US interest rates, citing the Taylor equation amidst the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

x whatsapp-stroke copylink google Add Al Jazeera on Google info Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, dressed in the uniform of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), chairs a session in Tehran on February 1, 2026 [File: Islamic Consultative Assembly News Agency (ICANA)/AFP] By Usaid Siddiqui Published On 17 Sep 2026 17 Sep 2026 Iran’s missiles and drones have downed dozens of US aircraft, damaged or destroyed hundreds of the United States’ buildings at its bases in the Middle East, and drained its inventories of military equipment worth billions of dollars, the Pentagon conceded earlier this week.

On Wednesday, Tehran unleashed another unlikely weapon in its war against the US: a maths equation.