Iran Briefing Note #6

Iran Briefing Notes highlight and provide context for the previous week’s major events featured on International Crisis Group’s Iran-U.S. Trigger List.

This infographic resource tracks developments on key flashpoints between Iran, the U.S. and their respective allies in the Middle East.

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18 July: U.S. announces downing of Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz, which Tehran denies.

18 July: U.S. Treasury sanctions twelve persons and entities in Iran’s “nuclear procurement network”.

18 July: Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif meets U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R…