Here are some of the most vulnerable potential targets to monitor if such a campaign were to intensify.
- Basra and Kuwait: Iran has deep ties to several militia groups in Iraq, but if it wanted to start attacking more oil infrastructure, the number of potential targets in the southern Iraqi city of Basra and Kuwait would offer a logical starting point.
- Strait of Hormuz: Iran has threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz to shipping traffic, but to this point has not made any actual moves to disrupt transit.
- Bab el-Mandeb: The Houthis have targeted tankers in the Bab el-Mandeb in the past and could again try to launch an aggressive campaign in the chokepoint between the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
- Offshore Infrastructure: The United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Qatar all possess crucial oil and natural gas infrastructure in the Persian Gulf that Iran could target.
