WATCH: US economic campaign squeezes Iran’s regime

The White House is downplay the Iran war. as not a war with no talks on the. horizon to find an off-ramp to the now. 6-month conflict. >> Major combat operations are currently. not ongoing and they haven't been. ongoing in a very long time. >> But the US is being blamed for a strike. that killed five people at a wedding in. southern Iran. >> This was not a military area or anything. like that. >> Though the administration is skeptical. of the claims of Pentagon investigation. is underway.

>> The United States never targets. civilians in combat. Unfortunately, obviously, sometimes things happen. >> Economic pressure by the US is having. serious effects on Iran's economy in. large part due to the blockade on Iran's. oil exports, their main source of. revenue. The local currency has lost. half of its value against the dollar in. the past year. >> We are applying sanctions like have. never been seen before that are going to.

suffocate the regime. >> But the continued stalemate has. lawmakers coming to terms with the. likelihood that the conflict will extend. beyond the midterms. The price of diesel. hit a new record Friday, $5.85. a gallon, pushing up the cost of. everything else. >> What people care about is what they. spend. for everything. >> And some congressional seats previously. viewed as safe bets in November are now. considered to be toss-ups. >> It's going to be a nip-and-tuck election. all across the country.

>> A July Fox News poll found more than. half of voters opposed the war and. nearly two-thirds expected to last a. year or more. In Washington, Mike Emanuel, Fox News.