Today marks the fifth anniversary of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s inauguration on August 3, 2013. Many campaign promises were made during Rouhani’s 2013 and 2017 presidential runs. ASL19, a technology and research group working on freedom of expression and access to information in Iran, has been tracking Rouhani’s full-fledged promises over the years. Similar to PolitiFact’s Trump-O-Meter, Rouhani Meter monitors all one hundred promises, which includes: ending the house arrest of the Green Movement leaders, banking reform, providing security for women in public places, supporting start-up initiatives, attracting $8 billion in foreign direct investment, lifting of non-nuclear sanctions, and lowering the inflation rate.
So how did Rouhani do this year?
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Holly Dagres is editor of the Atlantic Council’s IranSource blog, and a nonresident fellow with the Middle East Security Initiative in the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security. She also curates The Iranist newsletter. Follow her on Twitter: @hdagres.