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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Geneva Interim Agreement Analysis: Two Weeks to Interim Agreement Deadline
Iran's Nuclear Progress and Stonewalling Continue
Significant Sanctions Relief and Renewed Economic Growth under JPA
New York, NY - Today, United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) released its updated analysis of the Joint Plan of Action (JPA) interim agreement. With only two weeks remaining before the November 24 deadline of the extended JPA, the Iranian regime continues to steadily develop its nuclear program while stonewalling nuclear inspectors seeking answers on its alleged nuclear weapons work.
At the same time, Iran is enjoying significant sanctions relief and economic growth disproportionate to the limited concessions it made under the terms of the JPA. Such relief far exceeds the assurances by Obama administration officials that the sanctions relief package "simply will not move the needle on the Iranian economy." Compounding this, the human rights situation in Iran has deteriorated in a number of critical ways as President Hassan Rouhani approaches the ignoble milestone of 1,000 executions during his tenure.
UANI remains concerned that U.S. leverage has dissipated over the course of the JPA, which may prevent a "good deal" from being clinched with Iran that significantly rolls back its illicit nuclear program.
Iran's Continued Nuclear Progress and Stonewalling of Nuclear Inspectors
- Iran maintains possession of a stockpile of low-enriched uranium that if enriched to weapons-grade, could produce as many as 7 nuclear weapons.
- The interim agreement only reduced Iran's "breakout time" to produce the weapons-grade uranium for a nuclear bomb to about two months.
- There has been almost no progress in resolving the outstanding allegations of Iranian nuclear weapons development as Iran has failed to meet deadlines and adequately answer inquiries in the IAEA probe. Iran has also continued to deny the IAEA access to suspect sites like Parchin.
- By introducing uranium feedstock into an advanced IR-5 centrifuge for the first time, the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) says that Iran may have violated the JPA. Iran has now reportedly halted this activity after the U.S. government "raised the issue."
- Former deputy chief of the IAEA and UANI Advisory Board Member Olli Heinonen says that Iran could have up to 5,000 more advanced IR-2m centrifuges, five times more than the 1,008 IR-2m centrifuges that Iran has declared. If put into operation, such centrifuges would reduce Iran's breakout time to only a matter of weeks, if not days.
- In the latest IAEA report on Iran's nuclear program released on Friday, the agency reported that Iran's low-enriched uranium stockpile had grown by 8% to 8,390 kilograms.
- Also on Friday, the Iranian opposition group which publicly revealed Iran's undeclared nuclear program in 2002 reported that Iran built and is still in the possession of two explosive chambers for conducting nuclear weapons testing. While it has been reportedly known that one chamber had been installed at the Parchin military complex, the location of this new reported chamber is unknown.
Improving Economic Indicators
↑ 1.5%
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↑ 4.6%
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Increase in Iran's GDP in the first quarter of the Iranian calendar year, compared to the same period last year. This is the first time the Iranian economy has experienced positive growth in more than two years. |
↑ 40%
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Increase in Iran's oil exports from 1 million barrels per day (bpd) before the interim agreement to 1.4 million bpd. This has provided Iran a windfall of some $10 billion in extra revenue.
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↑ 20%
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Increase in the value of Iran's exports (excluding crude oil, but including condensates and petrochemicals) in the first half of the Iranian calendar year compared to the same period of the previous year.
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↓ 24%
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↑ 12%
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Increase in the value of the Iranian rial since Rouhani's election.
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↑ 68%
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Increase in the value of the Tehran Stock Exchange index since Rouhani's election.
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↑ 74%
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Human Rights Under Rouhani
Since Rouhani took office, the human rights situation has not improved as some had hoped, but has actually worsened in a number of critical ways as outlined in a new report by the
Special Rapporteur on the status of human rights in Iran. For example, the pace of executions has increased to more than two a day in what can only be described as an "execution binge." In fact, Iran carries out the most executions per capita in the world.
Executions Under Rouhani
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2013
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2014
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TOTAL
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985+
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Click here to view UANI's Geneva Interim Agreement Tracker.
Click here to view UANI's Rouhani Accountability Tracker.
Click here to view UANI's resource on "Rouhani's Record in Office."
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The Objectives of United Against Nuclear Iran
- Inform the public about the nature of the Iranian regime, including its desire and intent to possess nuclear weapons, as well as Iran's role as a state sponsor of global terrorism, and a major violator of human rights at home and abroad;
- Heighten awareness nationally and internationally about the danger that a nuclear armed Iran poses to the region and the world;
- Mobilize public support, utilize media outreach, and persuade our elected leaders to voice a robust and united American opposition to a nuclear Iran;
- Lay the groundwork for effective US policies in coordination with European and other allies;
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