WASHINGTON, Jan 14 (Reuters) - The United States is withdrawing some personnel from key bases in the region as a precaution given heightened regional tensions, a U.S. official told Reuters on Wednesday, speaking on condition of anonymity.

President Trump is once again forced to deal with an Iranian crisis, even as most American voters want him to focus on high prices.

Iran‘s ally in Yemen has shared with Newsweek a warning for President Donald Trump should he act on threats to strike the Islamic Republic as it cracks down on large-scale demonstrations. The U.S. leader has repeatedly asserted that he would intervene if Iranian security forces were found to have killed protesters who have taken to the streets in a movement that began two weeks ago as an expression of discontent over the country’s ailing economic situation and has since spread into a nationwide challenge to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s rule.