A disruption to global oil supplies could cause prices to rise at a time when President Donald Trump has turned his focus to affordability on the home front.

Human rights groups estimate that hundreds of Iranian protesters have been killed by government security forces since late last year, in what may be the largest - and possibly most consequential - wave of protests in Iran since 2009.

President Vladimir Putin is mediating in the Iran situation to try to quickly de-escalate tensions, the Kremlin said on Friday, after the Russian leader spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.

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

If President Trump follows through, some of Iran’s biggest trading partners, including China and India, could be hit hard.

Top Trump administration officials met Tuesday to further refine a set of options for the president to take action against Iran amid its deadly crackdown on protesters.

The nationwide protests challenging Iran's theocracy appear increasingly smothered a week after authorities shut the country off from the world and escalated a bloody crackdown.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel asked the president to postpone any planned attack. Israeli and Arab officials fear Iran could retaliate by striking their countries.