Why is Iran a relatively small exporter of natural gas compared to Qatar despite having similar reserves?

 Beneath the Persian Gulf, Iran and Qatar share the largest natural gas field on Earth. Yet one became a global export powerhouse, while the other barely sells a drop abroad.

The divergence comes down to a mix of demographics, geopolitics, and infrastructure. Several major factors keep Iranian natural gas largely at home:

• Massive Domestic Consumption: Qatar has a population of around 3 million people, meaning almost all the gas it pulls from the ground can be sold abroad. Iran, by contrast, is a sprawling nation of over 85 million residents. The vast majority of Iranian natural gas never leaves its borders. It is heavily subsidized and used to heat homes, power electricity grids, and fuel a large domestic petrochemical industry. Additionally, Iran must reinject huge volumes of natural gas into its aging oil fields to maintain well pressure and keep its lucrative crude oil flowing.
• The Sanctions Barrier: Exporting natural gas on a global scale requires chilling it to -260°F (-162°C) to create Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), a process that requires massive capital and highly specialized technology. In the 1990s and 2000s, Qatar partnered with major international energy firms to build state-of-the-art LNG terminals. Iran, however, has faced decades of stringent international sanctions. These financial and technological embargoes effectively locked Iran out of the LNG revolution by barring Western companies from providing the necessary liquefaction technology or the billions in required foreign investment.
• Pipeline Reliance: Because Iran lacked access to the LNG technology needed to load gas onto ocean-crossing ships, its export strategy has relied almost entirely on regional pipelines. Building pipelines is geographically restrictive, expensive, and politically complex. While Iran manages to export some gas to neighboring countries like Turkey and Iraq, these pipeline volumes represent a mere fraction of what Qatar's fleet of massive LNG carriers transports to buyers in Asia and Europe.

Ultimately, while the two nations sit on the exact same gas field, Qatar was free to build a global export machine, while Iran was forced to use its share to sustain its own massive and heavily isolated domestic economy.

Why do the Iranians and the Saudis hate each other?

 The reasons that the Iranians and the Saudis dislike and some even hate each other is complicated. They are certainly geopolitical powers heavily influenced by religion. Not all Iranians or Saudis dislike-hate each other, but a fair amount of them do.

Iranians see Saudis as 7th century AD invaders that destroyed their Sassanian Empire with their Muslim conquest and tried to Arabize them. Some Iranians insist that Arabs tried to remove their Persian language and did in fact take their women. This is seen as a great tragedy in Iran’s long, illustrious history, and something that they’ll never forget. Though they accepted Islam and reinvented it in the form of Shia Islam, Iranians began a movement to reassert Iranian identity and resist attempts to impose Arab culture.

Aggression between the regime of Saddam Hussein of Iraq into Iran did not help matters and war ensued in 1980. There was an alleged use of chemical weapons by Hussein leaving many Iranian military and civilians dead.

There is contention over the name of the Persian Gulf, with Saudis preferring to rename it to the Gulf of Arabia as well.

Gulf Arabs are viewed as desert dwellers, inferior, less cultured, Wahhabi Islamists, savages by most Iranians. Arabs are referred to as locust eaters and lizards negatively in Iran.

Portrayals of Arabs are virtually negative as well, showing the darkest Arabs they can find, with the biggest noses making evil grimaces, while their Persian nationalist post images that portray mostly fair-skinned people smiling, although they have some people with deeper skin as as well and some have robust noses.

Saudis similarly dislike Iran in my opinion, but don't go through all the hoopla trying to smear or distance them on social media; one might say they'll use politics. They have worked with the US and Israel to have the US pull out of the Iran nuclear deal, and announce the further sanctions against Iran to the pleasure of Israel. Iran and Saudi Arabia are orchestrating turmoil and controlling local actors in the Middle East. They’re inflaming sectarian conflicts to gain power. The purpose of these moves and the US-Israel-Saudi coalition is to cripple Iran's economy and weaken the country.

Gulf Arabs may use negative language when referring to Persians as well, calling them fire worshipers, where Shiite Islam is seen to be a foreign and deviant form of Islam. Some Gulf Arabs may feel superior to Iranians, citing that Islam’s prophet came from Arabia.

Saudis supported Iraq's strongman, Saddam Hussein, whom they felt kept Iran's influence in check, but when he fell from power, Iraq grew closer to Iranian interests, having a large Shiite base.

As a result, we have Iran and Saudi Arabia fighting a series of cold war and upheavals in countries of the Middle East through proxy wars, instead of fighting directly, pulling in allies like the US and Russia. Examples are Syria, Bahrain, and Yemen. There is speculation that the Saudis would like to see the downfall of Hezbollah, an Iranian backed militia in Lebanon. This could prove devastating for the small country which has seen enough civil war in the past.

In Iran, you have a hardline Revolutionary Guard clique that is trying to assert itself vis-à-vis the pragmatists that have just signed the nuclear deal [with world powers], so they’re trying to assert themselves on the regional front by saying, “We still are a power to be reckoned with.” They’re asserting themselves in these regional conflicts. In Saudi Arabia, there’s this new king ... who is using these regional wars as a way to bolster his bona fides and raise his nationalist profile and build support. We can’t really separate the regional adventurism from the domestic politics of each country.

What Is the Feud Between Iran and Saudi Arabia Really About?

Influence in The Middle East

Has Iran shattered the illusion that Dubai is safe?

Dubai became a target in the ongoing Iran- US war.

Iranian drones attacked famous landmarks of Dubai , i.e.. Burj Khalifa

But, experts claim , it is among the safest cities in the United Arab Emirates.

USA : Dubai is a part of the United Arab Emirates.

The USA has given major defense partner status to the UAE.

Well, the USA is bound to take of the defense needs of this global city.

Defense : United Arab Emirates reportedly possesses robust defense system.

Its armed forces are trained and well- equipped by the USA.

Its multilayered air defense system neutralized many Iranian drones.

It has been hit , but doesn’t stop.

Fact : It is still safe and sound.

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What things in Iran are definitely not overrated?

 Architecture

The beauty of Iranian architecture apart, there are some mind-blowing facts about them. Just imagine, 2500 years ago they used the golden number to build Perspolis!

Four hundred years ago, Iranians built a mosque with acoustics by using math and called it Shah (Emam) mosque. There is a small square directly under the pinnacle of the dome. When you stand on this square and talk, it will echo your words several times. If you step more than 30 centimetres off the square there is no more echo.

Ashkan Borouj on Instagram: “‌ پژواک . قصه مسجد شاه اصفهان چند بعد داره برای ما: هنر و زیبایی و نبوغ این شاهکار که بماند اما اینکه تنها صداست که میماند و همه چیز در…”

The dome of Soltaniye is the tallest brick dome and the first double-wall dome of the world, built between 1302 and 1312 AD. The skylights of the dome act as a sundial. If the light comes through the hole in the main dome, it is noon. The light coming through big windows shows the time of the day in hours while the light coming through small windows shows the time in minutes!

Do you see this beautiful garden?

It is actually built in the middle of desert!

The Shustar Hydraulic System was the largest industrial complex before the industrial revolution. It's construction begun during achaemenid era though it was mostly built during the Sasanid dynasty. The main task of this structure is to block the Gargar river as a dam so that the surface of the water can be used to drain the tunnels in the slate. Gargar tunnels, however, provide water for residents of the area through the transfer of water from their passageways. Also by installation of open windows and ceilings, the miller could watch the milling wheels and water flow during the rest.

I could go on but let's keep it short. Anyhow, with or without any mindblowing facts, Iranian architecture is definately not overrated.

Food

Though the Iranian food served in restaurants usually aren't as delicious as what we eat in our houses as the real Iranian food, the food here is anything but overrated.

The natural beauty

I have already talked about Iran's natural beauty in another answer. Not only Iran's diverse natural beauty isn't overrated, but also is underrated.

Why didn't Iran retain the more appropriate historical name Persia?

 Persia is not actually our historical name. The last two Shahs of Iran were cultural nationalists who wanted to restore our ancient heritage. The word Persia comes from "Persis" or "Parsa," a Greek word meaning "land of the Persians." Persis was also the name of an ancient province.

Iran is our historical name, derived from the word "Eran" in ancient Parsik, also known as Middle Persian. The earliest use of the word "Iran" is found at Naqsh-e Rostam, an archaeological site in Persepolis, the ancient capital of the Achaemenid Empire. Four great kings of the Achaemenid Empire are also buried there. Here we find some of the earliest uses of the words "Iran," "Aryan," and "Iranian."

Now, there are words that were used specifically before "Iran". For example, "Aryanam", whose use is recorded in the "Avesta", a collection of ancient Zoroastrian religious texts in the Avestan language.

The word Persia, however, gradually gained acceptance and was widely used by the international community well into the last century. In 1935, Reza Shah officially changed the name back to "Iran" and asked the world to use "Iran" from then on. Surprisingly, this sparked a fierce controversy, and the law was repealed. But most modern states have called us Iran ever since.

Which one is more developed, Iran or Saudi Arabia?

 Iran has a diverse landscape. Saudi lacks this, Iran even though sanctioned. They can be reliant without spending their 6 million oil revenue of barrels. Iran has been an ancient civilization for 7,000 years. Saudi is just stuck back in the middle and Victorian ages. Saudi relies on its alliance powers the US and European Countries. Iran has regional approx. key major connections with terrorist group proxies. ex. Hezbollah, Houthis. Iran has greenery, Mountain ranges, terrains. Saudi is just 99% covered with desert

Iranian People (Ethnic) :

Zagros Mountains :

Alborz Mountain Ranges:

Westernized People of Iran before 1979:

Iranian Science, Medicine and Technology:

Tehran:

Dasht-e-Lut:

Dasht-e-Kavir :

Iranian Linguistic dialects and languages:

Iranian Cuisine:

Iranian women driving Cars/Taxis:

In Ancient Persia. People have the equal rights to practice any religion before Islam became prominent . Zoroastrianism, Hinduism, Atheist, Christianity (Roman Catholic/Orthodox). In Saudi Arabia. converting other religions than Islam and bringing the Bible. face sentence for imprisonment in 20-30 years and face capital punishment and execution. Pork meat, Pornography, NSFW and Alcohol are forbidden in SA and IR. Iran has a history of throttling internet, Social media and extremist media (ex. Google, Facebook, YouTube, Roblox, Microsoft, Minecraft, Activision, Instagram, Intel, Snapchat, Xbox, Playstation, Reddit, Discord) news channels (CNN, BBC, RT, NBC, Euronews, Al Jazeera). State controlled media television are accessible to IRIB (Islamic Republic of Iran broadcasting). Western fast food chains companies restaurants (KFC, McDonald's, Pizza Hut, Domino's Pizza, Burger King) halts its production management business in 1979 revolution of Iran when US/Iran relations strained and stagnated. During the 1979–1981 Iran hostage crisis, 52 Americans were held captive for 444 days, following the seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran on November 4, 1979. While 66 people were initially taken, 14 were released early, leaving 52 to be freed on January 20, 1981.