{"id":100222,"date":"2026-05-06T08:44:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T08:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/100222\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T08:44:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T08:44:11","slug":"us-gasoline-prices-hit-4-50-nears-all-time-high-as-iran-fuel-crunch-grows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/100222\/","title":{"rendered":"US Gasoline Prices Hit $4.50, Nears All-Time High as Iran Fuel Crunch Grows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ArticleBodyText_articleBodyContent__17wqE typography_articleBody___5jDr\" data-component=\"paragraph\">US gasoline prices topped $4.50 a gallon for the first time since July 2022, extending their march higher as drivers face further strain from the prolonged conflict in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleBodyText_articleBodyContent__17wqE typography_articleBody___5jDr\" data-component=\"paragraph\">The nationwide average <a href=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/\" title=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"media-ui-Link_link-tVkXhPLPofs-\" data-component=\"link\">retail price<\/a> for regular unleaded gasoline rose to $4.54 a gallon on Tuesday, according to the American Automobile Association, and is now around 50 cents off the record $5.01 set in June 2022. On a seasonal basis, prices are already at an all-time high for this time of year. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"US gasoline prices topped $4.50 a gallon for the first time since July 2022, extending their march higher&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100223,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[5564,3219,1170,1303,35006,1004,34,207,49,13044,12258,36],"class_list":{"0":"post-100222","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iran","8":"tag-california","9":"tag-donald-john-trump","10":"tag-economics","11":"tag-elections","12":"tag-generic-1st-xb-future","13":"tag-inflation","14":"tag-iran","15":"tag-markets","16":"tag-middle-east","17":"tag-republican-party","18":"tag-retail","19":"tag-war"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116526754375661767","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}