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Western countries, especially the United States, have been keen to impose embargoes on Iran in attempt to curb that nation's policies that are not in accord with Western ideals and values. The tensions between Western countries and Iran are based on three major issues: (1) Iran's Nuclear Ambitions, (2) Iran's Numerous Human Rights Violations, (3) Particular Political Grievances Between Western Countries and Iran.
(1) Iran's Nuclear Ambitions
While Iran has the right to have a program to produce nuclear energy in accordance with IAEA guidelines and oversight. However, Iran has repeatedly prevented IAEA inspectors from visiting sites where nuclear weapons are rumored to be in production. As a result, the United States and most European states are very distrustful that Iran is engaging in a peaceful nuclear energy production program and believe that Iran intends to create nuclear weapons. The Western States also categorically opposes Iran having a nuclear weapon given that Iran has expressed militancy towards and supported/founded militant groups that act throughout the Middle East. If Iran embraces a more moderate regime and makes clear that they are willing to work within IAEA parameters, Iran should not have a problem with its nuclear program.
(2) Iran's Numerous Human Rights Violations
Iran is well-known for being a country which violates fundamental human freedoms and is quite proud for doing so. For example, Iran is a prominent signatory to the Cairo Declaration of Human Rights which is a document that repudiates the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights and asserts that men are superior to women, that Muslims are superior to Non-Muslims, and that Freedom of Speech, Press, and Assembly should be curtailed in cases where the religion of Islam (broadly interpreted) is concerned. Iran's government persecutes minority religions, such as Sunni Islam, Baha'i, Yarsan, Christianity, Judaism, and Zoroastrianism. Political protests, such as the Green Revolution of 2009 have been met with violence from the Basij (Iran's military) and political expression contrary to the regime's interest has resulted in suppression and jail terms. Political parties with views contrary to the ruling regime are also repressed. Women's Rights, in terms of freedom of dress and interaction with men are also limited. Additionally, the Supreme Council of Ayatollahs (the most powerful branch of the Iranian government) is effectively forbidden for women since women are forbidden by Shiite Islam from becoming Ayatollahs.
(3) Particular Political Grievances Between Western Countries and Iran.
There are several grievances between Iran and Western countries, particularly Iran and the United States. Some of those grievances include:
- The Iranian Hostage Crisis in 1979
- Iran's financial support of Islamist groups that attacked US and French forces in the 1983 Beirut Barracks Bombing
- Iran's continual monetary and political support to the end of eliminating Israel
- Iran's antagonism towards the Arab Gulf countries
- Iran's support for Hezbollah, Hamas, and Palestinian Jihad -- all recognized terrorist organizations
- Iran's use of the al-Quds Expeditionary forces to attack Coalition Troops during the Iraq War.
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∙ 6y agoThe answer is: Iran is developing weapons-grade uranium and the oil and trade embargoes are used as a form of economic pressure to made Iran more willing to abandon its nuclear ambitions.
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In 1941 the US imposed an embargo on the export of scrap metal oil and aviation fuel to Japan because Japan had?
Established military bases in French Indochina
What was an effect of US actions in the kipper war?
Arab nations exporting oil began an embargo
What did the US threaten Japan with before Pearl Harbor?
The US did not threaten much; they did very concrete things. Primarily, the United States imposed a trade embargo on Japan. Since Japan has no raw materials and the US was the chief supplier of Japanese petroleum, this had the effect of crippling Japanese wartime industry.
How did the U.S. react to Japan's invasion of French Indochina?
In response to Japan's aggression against French Indochina, the US imposed an embargo of oil and metals, which Japan needed for its military. The Japanese then decided to get these resources by conquering the nations of Southeast Asia, which possessed the raw materials Japan needed, but were threatened by the US Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor, Hawai'i. This is why Japan attacked Pearl Harbor: to ensure that the US navy could not interfere with their conquest of Southeast Asia.
What did the US believe Japan would do in World War 2?
The US believed Japan would continue to invade other countries for their oil. The US had placed an oil embargo on Japan because of the atrocities and invasion of Japan done by the Japanese. There were other conflicts too. The US thought Japan would attack the US at Midway or Philippines or elsewhere. They were foolish to put nearly the entire fleet of the US Navy in Hawaii. They should have left it in Long Island, San Diego, San Francisco, Oregon, Alaska and Washington while they were negotiating with the Japanese in Washington, DC. The worst part was that the Admiral of the Pacific Fleet knew there was problems with the US and the Japanese and he did little to have his men on guard of the fleet and airfields in Oahu, Hawaii. There was coded Japanese messages that went unheeded by the US Naval upper officers. So their belief that Japan would strike elsewhere if the oil embargo was not lifted was a serious, grievous error on the part of the Pentagon and the presidential cabinet.
OPEC imposed an oil embargo on the US because?
the US supported Israel in a regional conflict
How is OPEC dangerous to the US?
Oil embargo
How did the oil embargo affect the US?
Oil embargo affected the US in a few ways. The main way the US was affected by OPEC.
What were the effects of the Arab OPEC oil embargo on the US?
what were the effects of the Arab OPEC oil embargo on the U.S
Why did OPEC impose an embargo against the US?
All Arab nations that export oil are members of OPEC. When the US supported Israel in the Yom Kippur War (as to offset USSR's supplies to the Arab states) OPEC declared an oil embargo on the US..
How did the oil embargo affect the United StatesIn 1973 Arab oil-producing countries enacted an oil embargo and refused to sell oil to the US?
Oil prices in the U.S. increased, and there was high inflation
The organization that placed an embargo on oil to the US and Western Europe during the Yom Kippur War was?
OPEC
What are two events that spurred the growth of nuclear power stations in the US?
OPEC oil embargo and the '79 energy crisis.
How did the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) oil embargo of 1973 most affect individuals in the US?
It raised gasoline prices.
How did the organization of petroleum exporting countries OPEC oil embargo of 1973 most affect individuals in the us?
It raised gasoline prices.
Which situation in the 1970s caused the US to reconsider its dependence on foreign energy resources?
oil embargo by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
How would you describe the oil embargo of the early 1970's?
The OPEC oil embargo was a serious attempt to badly damage the economies of many foreign oil dependent nations. In the US ordinary citizen drivers had to use odd and even numbered license plates to line up at gasoline stations. It was effective in the short run for OPEC nations.
