Most of the country's oil wells are situated in the vicinity of the mountain.

Iraq asserts that Syria has not established that pollutants from the Kuwait oil well fires reached Syria in toxic levels, or that there is a causal link between any respiratory pathology in Syria and the oil well fires in Kuwait.

Iran states that the oil well fires in Kuwait produced massive air pollution that spread to all the surrounding regions.

Third claim unit Respiratory effects of the Kuwait oil well fires on children Iran seeks compensation in the amount of USD 72,406,376 for losses suffered as a result of the exposure of sections of its child population to pollutants from the oil well fires in Kuwait.

Pollutants from the oil well fires and damaged oil wells in Kuwait Oil spills into the Persian Gulf from pipelines, offshore terminals and tankers Influx of refugees into the territories of some of the Claimants Operations of military personnel and equipment Mines and other remnants of war and Exposure of the populations of the Claimants to pollutants from the oil well fires and oil spills in Kuwait and to hostilities and various acts of violence.

Second claim unit Terrestrial and agricultural resources damaged by oil well fires Iran seeks compensation in the amount of USD 4,714,349,378 for losses due to adverse impacts on its terrestrial and agricultural resources of the pollutants from the oil well fires in Kuwait resulting from Iraq's invasion and occupation of Kuwait.

In the third F4 instalment, the Panel found that the Raudhatain and Umm Al Aish aquifers had been contaminated by oil from damaged oil wells and by sea water used to fight the oil well fires, and that this was a direct result of Iraq's invasion and occupation.

And the plastics, we get from oil, which we go to more remote locations and drill ever deeper wells to extract.

Iran claims that pollutants from the oil well fires in Kuwait were deposited in parts of its territory.

In this regard the Panel observes that, since the oil wells in Kuwait were not ignited until February 1991, any increases in the number of treatments in 1990, with the possible exception of treatments for mental health disorders, could not have been due to the effects of the oil well fires.

Iran also relies on the results of a study on the transport of pollutants from the oil well fires, using satellite imagery and black rain measurements.

The third claim unit is for losses due to increased mortality resulting from the effects of the oil well fires in Kuwait.

Iraq further argues that Saudi Arabia over estimates the actual levels of air pollution caused by the oil well fires.

The Panel, therefore, finds that Syria has not provided sufficient evidence to demonstrate a loss of livestock as a result of the oil well fires in Kuwait.

Iran proposes to consolidate, clean and protect archaeological sites and objects in Iran that were damaged by pollution from the oil well fires.

Iran presented evidence intended to show that some pollutants from the oil well fires in Kuwait reached parts of its territory.

In the first place, Iraq challenges Iran's claim that smoke from the oil well fires reached cultural heritage sites in Iran.

Iraq asserts that the only region in Iran that was noticeably affected by pollutants from the oil well fires was Khuzestan.

According to Iraq, the continuing decrease in sheep numbers after 1992 suggests that the reason could not have been the oil well fires.

Iran submitted an analysis of satellite images used to track the movements of the oil spills and contaminants from the oil well fires from Kuwait to Iran.

The fifth claim unit is for monitoring of groundwater resources in Iran to identify and assess damage by pollutants from the oil well fires.

As previously noted by the Panel, there is evidence that contamination from the oil well fires in Kuwait reached some parts of Iran.

The Panel has previously noted that there is evidence that parts of Iran experienced the effects of smoke from the oil well fires in Kuwait.

Thus, it is possible that some persons in parts of Iran were exposed to carcinogens that were released from the oil well fires.

According to Kuwait, the results of the risk assessment show that the number of deaths due to exposure to particulate matter from the oil well fires range between 0 and 116.

The third claim unit is for damage to cultural heritage resources in Iran caused by contamination from the oil well fires.

According to Iran, the purpose of the claim is to address the impacts of air pollution resulting from the oil well fires in Kuwait on its archaeological sites and objects.

In total, Iran claims that 3,263 additional cases of respiratory diseases were a direct result of pollutants from the oil well fires.

Iraq further argues that there is no evidence to suggest that acid rain occurred as a result of the smoke plume from the oil well fires in Kuwait.

As a result, smoke plumes from the burning oil wells in Kuwait were transported to the Iranian basin and affected cultural and natural heritage artefacts and sites in the basin.

Iran submitted the results of an atmospheric and air quality model that it used to calculate the transport of contaminants from the oil well fires to demonstrate that some of the contaminants reached the territory of Iran.

Iran claims that it incurred additional costs because it provided more medical treatment than normal in 1990 and 1991 because of the effects of the oil well fires.

In the view of the Panel, the evidence available does not provide a sufficient basis for determining the extent to which the effects of the oil well fires might have contributed to the increase in medical treatments in Iran.

Saudi Arabia has indicated neither the locations within the Al Hassa region where crops were exposed to pollutants from the oil well fires, nor the size of the areas planted with crops.

According to Saudi Arabia, heavy soot from the oil well fires was deposited over an area of approximately 7,227 square kilometres of its desert areas.

Syria states that it is reasonable to assume that the pollution resulted from the oil well fires in Kuwait because there is no other recorded pollution episode between 1965 and 1992.

As previously noted by the Panel, there is evidence that pollutants from the oil well fires reached some parts of Iran.

As previously noted by the Panel, there is evidence in the scientific literature that the smoke plume from the oil well fires moved over some parts of Iran in 1991.

Third claim unit Increased mortality Kuwait seeks compensation in the amount of USD 192,500,000 for increased mortality in Kuwait due to increased pollution resulting from the oil well fires in Kuwait.

Saudi Arabia states that 31 square kilometres of khabari areas and 101 square kilometres of sabkha areas were contaminated by soot from the smoke plume resulting from the oil well fires.

Syria alleges that its environment was damaged by airborne contaminants from the oil well fires in Kuwait and that this resulted in the death of 624,061 sheep.

Iran states that it suffered damage as a result of pollution from the oil well fires in Kuwait the oil spills into the Persian Gulf and the influx of refugees who departed from Iraq or Kuwait as a result of Iraq's invasion and occupation of Kuwait.

Iran presented evidence intended to show that the oil spills created oil slicks in an extended area of the Persian Gulf, and that the oil well fires resulted in the deposition of particulate matter over large areas of land and sea.

According to Iran, the study demonstrates that the release of pollutants from the oil well fires, the oil spills and depleted uranium increased carcinogens in the environment, and this led to an increase in cases of leukaemia, lymphoma and carcinoma after 1991.

Iran states that it conducted a literature survey and examined existing publications, documents and reports concerning air pollution in Iran during the burning of the oil wells and subsequent years.