Six Months Later: Assessing the Implementation of the Iran Nuclear Deal

Lead PI: Richard Nephew

Unit Affiliation: Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP)

July 2016 - Ongoing
Active
Asia ; North America ; Iran ; United States
Project Type: Research Outreach

DESCRIPTION: One year ago, the United States and its partners concluded their negotiations with Iran on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), an agreement intended to reduce the threat from Iran's nuclear program in exchange for economic sanctions relief. Implementation of the agreement began in January 2016. Richard Nephew, program director for economic statecraft, sanctions and energy markets at the Center on Global Energy Policy, who was the lead sanctions negotiator for the United States with Iran from 2013-2014, has written a report on six months' implementation of the nuclear deal, particularly with respect to sanctions relief. He concludes that sanctions relief has been stalled as much by concerns over residual sanctions as domestic regulatory factors and low oil prices globally.