Turkmenistan

Turkey

Caspian Sea

Tabriz

Neka

Tehran

Syria

Kermanshah

Afghanistan

Qom

Aruk

Iraq

Iran

Isfahan

USS Abraham Lincoln

Abadan

Kerman

Shiraz

Persian

Gulf

Bandar-e-Abbas

Saudi Arabia

Crude oil Pipeline

Strait of Hormuz

Gulf of Oman

America has sent warships there

200KM

Graphic: JAMIE BROWN, MARK STEHLE