Iran’s government states that oil reserves in Iran are third largest in the world, with approximately 150 billion barrels available as of 2007 (being ranked second if unconventional oil reserves – such as the Canadian reserves - are excluded). In an increasingly energy insecure world, oil reserves are of great importance, and thus Iran’s vast primary natural resources can cause large levels of unrest and troubles. This is often thought to be largely a result of the vast, often untapped, oil reserves found in there. Satrapi’s work was created in an era preceded and followed by large amounts of military intervention and social unease in the Middle East. It is thus a text composed in an increasingly volatile global environment, one which perhaps paralleled the epoch she was depicting. Marjane Satrapi began to write Persepolis after she finished university in France in 1994, with her friends at the time acquainting her with the graphic novel form. Staff Intranet (Restricted permissions).Undergraduates (Restricted permissions).
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