Geneva Interim Agreement: Updated Analysis

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 15, 2014   Contact: Nathan Carleton, press@uani.com Phone: (212) 554-3296 Geneva Interim Agreement: Midterm Analysis Three Months Into Agreement Implementation, Iran is Enjoying Substantial Sanctions Relief, Without Making Proportional Limits to Its Nuclear Program New York, NY - Today, United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) released an updated analysis of the Geneva Interim Agreement.  Halfway into the agreement implementation, Iran is enjoying substantial economic benefits from sanctions relief, while still developing its nuclear program. As Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said today: "Today we already see the sanctions unraveling."  Since the signing of the accord, UANI has been maintaining its Geneva Interim Agreement Tracker (www.uani.com/geneva) to record these developments.      Sanctions Relief By The Numbers   UP 117% Increase in Iran's oil exports from October 2013, before the Geneva interim agreement, to February 2014. UP 17% Increase in the value of the Iranian rial since Rouhani's election. UP 62% Increase in the value of the Tehran Stock Exchange index since Rouhani's election. UP 15% Reduction in inflation, "from about 45 percent in July 2013 to below 30 percent in December 2013."  UP 1.5% Predicted growth in Iran's GDP for 2014/2015, following an estimated contraction of 1.7% in 2013/2014 and 5.8% in 2012/2013.   Pace of U.S. Sanctions Enforcement has Slowed 2013-2014 Iran SDN Sanctions Designations Designation Announcements Entities Added 2/6/2013  4 3/14/2013  25 4/11/2013  6 5/9/2013  15 5/15/2013  2 5/16/2013  39 5/23/2013  20 5/30/2013  3 5/31/2013  31 6/4/2013  38 --Rouhani Elected on June 14-- 9/6/2013  10 12/12/2013  19 2/6/2013  20 TOTAL Before Rouhani's Election 183 TOTAL After Rouhani's Election 49 TOTAL Designations Since Nov. 24 Geneva Agreement 39 Iran's Continued Nuclear Progress    Last week, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry acknowledged that the nuclear "concessions" Iran has made under the interim agreement have extended its nuclear breakout time only two weeks since the initiation of the deal, to a period of just two months. Iran continues to: Develop new, advanced centrifuges. Test long-range ballistic missiles. Expand its stockpile of low-enriched uranium (LEU). Acquire and smuggle banned components for its nuclear and ballistic missile programs.   Iranian officials Continue to Hold to a Hardline on Nuclear Program    Issue Iranian Official 'Right to Enrich' "We believe that we are entitled to any right that any NPT and (International Atomic Energy) Agency member has, which means that enrichment (of uranium) from 1% to 90% is our right." - Director of Iran's atomic energy agency Ali Akbar Salehi (April 13) Size of Nuclear Program "To meet the annual fuel needs of the Bushehr plant, we must have 50,000 first generation centrifuges in order to be able to produce 30 tons of nuclear fuel a year." [Iran currently possesses about 20,000 centrifuges] - Director of Iran's atomic energy agency Ali Akbar Salehi (April 13) Research & Development "All should know that negotiations will not stop or slow down any of Iran's activities in nuclear research and development." - Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei (April 9) Arak Heavy Water Reactor "The (heavy-water nuclear) reactor of Arak will remain as the heavy-water reactor." - Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (April 8) Ballistic Missile Program "We emphasize that topics that have to do with Iran's defense program have no place in these negotiations." - Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (April 9) Human Rights Under Rouhani Since Rouhani took office, the pace of executions has increased in what can only be described as an "execution binge." Executions 2013 349  2014 188+  TOTAL 537+ Click here to view UANI's Geneva Interim Agreement Tracker. Click here to view UANI's Rouhani Accountability Tracker. 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