Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Naqdi, an adviser to the commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), has called on the U.S. Congress to review the assets of Donald Trump and his associates before and after the war with Iran. Naqdi linked decisions by the U.S. administration to trading in financial markets.
According to Naqdi, military operations may begin after the stock market closes, while after trading resumes, U.S. authorities issue positive remarks that could support stock prices. He also claimed that those involved simultaneously trade securities.
Naqdi called U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth a criminal and linked him to the deaths of 168 children in the strike on a school in Minab, Iran. The Pentagon is investigating the strike; preliminary findings indicated that the school may have been hit by U.S. forces because of outdated intelligence.
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U.S. senators had already called for an investigation into suspicious oil futures trading ahead of Trump’s statements on Iran. In April, Elizabeth Warren and Sheldon Whitehouse asked the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to investigate trades placed ahead of the president’s statements about negotiations and a ceasefire. In May, five more senators called on the regulator to conduct a full investigation and provide a report to Congress.
There is no official evidence linking these trades to Trump, his family, or members of the administration. The senators called for an investigation into the possible use of non-public information and other violations of futures trading rules.