Background

Iran is an energy superpower. They have the fourth largest oil reserves and the world's largest natural gas reserve. The energy consumption in Iran is much higher than the international standards. Iran recycles 28% of used oil and gases whereas the amount for certain countries is 60%. Their per capita energy consumption is 15 times that of Japan and 10 times that of the European Union.

Iran since the 1950's has been working on a nuclear program to help their technological advances. The rest of the world, however, has looked down on their program. Iran was accused of having plans to build nuclear weapons and the International Atomic Energy Agency launched an investigation into their nuclear program. While a tentative deal has been reached, there are still many more things to be discussed.