US reducing staffing at 4 West Asian embassies over threats from Iran
The State Department is reducing staffing at four US embassies in the Middle East after receiving intelligence that Iran has stepped up efforts to target American personnel in the region and elsewhere. In a memo sent Friday to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton said his teams "have received intelligence that Iran has substantially increased efforts to target US personnel." "The lethal plotting efforts by the Iranians against US citizens have reached ad…




