How US and Iranian spheres of influence overlap

Iranian presence or proxies

US bases/deployment

Both

Potential targets

Turkey

Incirlik air base

Tehran

Syria

Iraq

Iran

Baghdad

Kuwait

The

Gulf

Bahrain

is home to the

US 5th Fleet

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Yemen

Israel

Iranian Revolutionary Guard officials have threatened ‘harsh retaliation’ against the US and Israel, although it is not clear whether Israel was involved in the assassination

Straits of Hormuz

Throughout summer 2019, Iran targeted US and UK shipping at this choke point, through which much of the world's oil must pass

Iranian presence or proxies

US bases/deployment

Both

Potential targets

Turkey

Incirlik air base

Tehran

Syria

Iraq

Lebanon

Iran

Afghanistan

Baghdad

West Bank

and Gaza Strip

Jordan

Kuwait

The Gulf

Bahrain

is home to the

US 5th Fleet

Egypt

Qatar

UAE

Saudi Arabia

Oman

Yemen

Israel

Iranian Revolutionary Guard officials have threatened ‘harsh retaliation’ against the US and Israel, although it is not clear whether Israel was involved in the assassination

Straits of Hormuz

Throughout summer 2019, Iran targeted US and UK shipping at this choke point, through which much of the world's oil must pass