自20世纪70年代以来，石油开采技术有了长足的进步，而伊朗石油储备更是规模巨大（世界第四，仅次于沙特阿拉伯、俄罗斯和委内瑞拉 ） ， 回复40年前的产出绝对算不上困难的目标。
Given the enormous advances in oil-extraction technology since the 1970s and the immense size of Iran’s reserves (the fourth-largest in the world, after Saudi Arabia, Russia, and Venezuela), restoring output to the levels of 40 years ago seems a modest objective.