How Does This Change the Geopolitical Position of Iran?

Trita Parsi: Iran recently said that they found huge lithium sources in the country second to that of Chile, which I believe has the largest lithium reserves in the world. Parsi: How would this change their geopolitical position if it's indeed true? Parsi: Well, every time we've seen a country be able to discover that they have a major, rare metal type of deposit in their mountains or whether it's energy, it certainly makes the geopolitical real estate costs of their territory go up. Parini: It's not an uncommon thing for many Iranians to say that all that oil on the ground was not a blessing but a curse.