The United States launched a new wave of attacks on Iran late on Tuesday six months into a deadlocked conflict, prompting Iranian missile fire at what it called US assets in Jordan, Bahrain, Kuwait and ​Iraq.

Here are other ways Iran might retaliate if the conflict continues to escalate or a US campaign to ‌choke off Iran’s economy intensifies.

It has targeted Gulf states and Jordan repeatedly since the ​war began on February 28, mostly focusing on US bases but also hitting energy infrastructure and other targets.

Any intensified ​attacks that targeted upstream oil or gas facilities could further drive up energy prices in ways that ⁠inflict political damage on the Trump administration and could be harder to reverse than attacks on shipping.

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