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Six Months Later: Assessing the Implementation of the Iran Nuclear Deal
Reports by Richard Nephew • July 14, 2016
Reports by Richard Nephew • July 14, 2016
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. His report can be found here [PDF].
Nephew also testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the same subject. His written testimony can be found here.
Finally, highlights from Nephews’s report can also be found in his conversation with Bill Loveless in a special edition of the Columbia Energy Exchange podcast. Listen here. Among the topics they discuss are:
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Reports by Richard Nephew • July 14, 2016