Issues Of The Middle East

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Issues Of The Middle East by Mind Map: Issues Of The Middle East

1. This resulted in Penalties for selling petrol to Iran- which lead to Iran introducing their own system of refining and producing, now being the number one cause of air pollution. This air pollution leads to diseases in future generations, bad smells, and overall a difficult way to live life.

2. Us sanctions have provided negative impact on the Irani environment. A sanction is a policy or move made to formally prevent something. The US has set many sanctions around Iran including an arms ban, and almost total economic embargo. On account of Iran, sanctions have expanded a hunger for quickened advancement to extend the water-asset framework, produce power, and secure food and vitality for Iranians.

3. Iran vs USA

3.1. 1979: The US-backed Shah of Iran, Mohammed Reza Pahlevi, is pressured to depart the united states on sixteen January following months of demonstrations and strikes against his rule through secular and non secular opponents

3.2. 1979-81: The US embassy in Tehran is seized by using protesters in November 1979 and American hostages are held inner for 444 days. The final fifty-two hostages are freed in January 1981, the day of US President Ronald Reagan's inauguration. Six other Americans who escaped the embassy were smuggled out of Iran in the use of a team that had posed as movie-makers. FUN FACT: These activities are dramatized within the 2012 Oscar-prevailing film Argo.

3.3. 1985-86: The US secretly ships weapons to Iran, allegedly in change for Tehran's assist in releasing US hostages held by Hezbollah militants in Lebanon. The profits are illegally channeled to rebels in Nicaragua, creating a political disaster for Reagan.

4. gas/ oil crisis

4.1. Oils spills can happen more often due to the amount of it being extracted.

4.1.1. Caspian Sea: the largest inland body of water are often at risk from untreated waste, chemical

4.1.2. Wars: added to the pollution crisis. For example, troops fire to oil wells, polluting the air with smoke and released gallons of oil in the Persian gulf, harming marine life and making the water harder to use.

4.1.3. A solution for the oil crisis would be to extract less oil because the main reason why there is even a oil crisis is caused by people extracting too much oil. Perhaps take new jobs because there are a finite amount of oil.

5. POLITICAL

6. ENVIRONMENTAL

7. The United States Role in Environmental Issues

8. The United States has managed to restrict and even block environmental financial aid from major international institutions. This prevented Iran from getting any help and worsened their environmental situation.

9. water usage/ crisis

9.1. Individuals are abusing water for a multitude of things that can lead to desertification and pollution. The way they abuse the land can be:

9.1.1. OVERGRAZING

9.1.2. DEFORESTATION

9.1.3. HEAVY IRRIGATION

9.1.3.1. Has also lead to increased salinity in soil and water making the land unusable for agriculture. In addition to that studies have also shown that there is an increase in diseases- specifically esophagus cancer.