APRIL 15 – OIL, NUKES AND SANCTIONS

Agenda: Silent-write: Iranian Government Video: Oil and Nuclear Activity in

Iran Reading: Sanctions

Homework: Read “Theocracy and Its

Discontents” and prepare TYPED answers to questions for fishbowl

Take Out: Notebook Pen/Pencil Iranian Govt. Diagram

Goals: Investigate the divisions that

exist within Iran

SILENT-WRITE

Use your “map” of Iranian government to answer each of the following questions in your notebook: Which is the most powerful aspect of the government? The

democratic institutions or the theocratic institutions? Use at least two specific details to explain.

Who is more powerful? The SL or the President? Use at least two details to explain.

Is there competition? Is there transparency? Why or why not? Be specific.

OIL AND NUCLEAR ACTIVITY IN IRAN

How has the oil industry in Iran influence the government? The people?

How has the nuclear activity in Iran influenced the actions of the government?

Who has imposed sanctions on Iran? Why have sanctions been imposed on Iran? What have been the effects on the people?

A NUCLEAR IRAN?

IRAN’S NUCLEAR PROGRESS

SANCTIONS

Read through the CNN brief on Iranian sanctionAnswer: Why have sanctions been imposed on Iran? What is their intended purpose? How do the US, UN and EU sanctions coincide and differ?