Nuclear Deal with Iran
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UPDATED: Monday, April 20, 2026 03:42
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(Reuters) - President Barack Obama assured Americans on Saturday that a newly negotiated framework for a nuclear pact with Iran was a "good deal" as he sought public support for a diplomatic breakthrough that many in Congress oppose.
A day after placing calls to top U.S. lawmakers to urge support for the agreement, Obama pressed his case that the deal would ensure Washington's longtime foe would not be able to build a nuclear weapon.
"It’s a good deal, a deal that meets our core objectives, including strict limitations on Iran’s program and cutting off every pathway that Iran could take to develop a nuclear weapon," Obama said in his weekly radio and Internet address, broadcast on Saturday.
"This deal denies Iran the plutonium necessary to build a bomb. It shuts down Iran’s path to a bomb using enriched uranium," he said.
The White House hopes support from the U.S. public for its negotiating efforts will help sway skeptical lawmakers. The president and administration officials will be engaged in a difficult sales pitch in the coming weeks and months.
Obama completed calls to John Boehner, the Republican speaker of the House of Representatives, as well as House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, Republican Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid, by Friday afternoon, the White House said.
In his address, the president noted that the deal would commit Iran to inspections and transparency for many years.
"This is a long-term deal, with strict limits on Iran’s program for more than a decade and unprecedented transparency measures that will last for 20 years or more," he said.
The framework, which was agreed on Thursday after eight days of talks between Iran and six world powers in Switzerland, clears the way for a final agreement to allay Western fears that Iran could build an atomic bomb. It would include lifting economic sanctions on Tehran in return.
Negotiators will seek to seal a final deal by the end of June. Obama noted that it could still come apart.
"Success is not guaranteed," he said. "But today we have an historic opportunity to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons in Iran, and to do so peacefully, with the international community firmly behind us."
Meanwhile Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu is railing that a deal with Iran will be the death of Israel.
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Bibi is being a responsible leader of his country in calling out the dangers of a nuclear Iran.
Why the push, I have to wonder, by Obama and the Left in general, to see a oil rich nation like Iran develop nuclear energy ? The Left have been trying to rid the world of nuke power and weapons for decades, but now that a hard line Muslim nation, which mistreats women and gays as bad as any govt. And all while the leader of Iran joins in a literal chorus of shouting " Death to America " , even as negotiations continued.
Anyone care to field that one ?
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I have to wonder the same thing. But I think Obama is correct that this deal will actually make is LESS likely that Iran will develop a nuclear weapon, so I don't think "nuclear weapons" are Netanyahu's real concern - that smacks to me of a propaganda point, kind of like Saddam Hussein's 20+year-old "WMD" which, in their degraded state, weren't a threat to anyone. I'll tell you later what I read from one of my very intelligent email list-mates about it, but it's a long story and I've got to get going.
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You can't build a nation with bombs. You can't create a society with guns.
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"nuclear weapons" in the hands of a state like Iran , which has made clear its intent to wipe Israel off the map , are Netanyahu's real concern.
How can that not be blatantly evident ?
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Because it isn't. Based on my immediate recent experience with you in the other thread, I leave it to you to show that it's "obvious" (ie that Iran could develop a nuclear weapon under the strictures of this agreement), but I really don't expect to get any reality-based responses from you on this either.
Right now, I'm looking for comments from OTHER people.
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You can't build a nation with bombs. You can't create a society with guns.
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Because it isn't. Based on my immediate recent experience with you in the other thread, I leave it to you to show that it's "obvious" (ie that Iran could develop a nuclear weapon under the strictures of this agreement), but I really don't expect to get any reality-based responses from you on this either.
Right now, I'm looking for comments from OTHER people.
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You can't build a nation with bombs. You can't create a society with guns.
" Because it isn't " ? Just because you say so ? Why else would Netanyahu be concerned with the # 1 exporter of terror in the region obtaining nuclear grade material ??
Please, do tell.
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Originally posted by AURaptor:
Bibi is being a responsible leader of his country in calling out the dangers of a nuclear Iran.
Why the push, I have to wonder, by Obama and the Left in general, to see a oil rich nation like Iran develop nuclear energy ? The Left have been trying to rid the world of nuke power and weapons for decades, but now that a hard line Muslim nation, which mistreats women and gays as bad as any govt. And all while the leader of Iran joins in a literal chorus of shouting " Death to America " , even as negotiations continued.
Anyone care to field that one ?
The push is due to the threat of Europe pulling out and lifting it's share of the sanctions. They want to start doing business with Iran. If that happens it would be no different that Cuba. America has sanctions in place and the rest of the world does business with them. They believe positive contact with Iran would work to pull them back into the realm of reason. That and economically they need to. If you were paying attention to what was going on instead of just voicing fox opinions, you would know that.
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And how does that impact Israel's security if everyone else trades with Iran ?
Please, do tell.
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Originally posted by AURaptor:
And how does that impact Israel's security if everyone else trades with Iran ?
Please, do tell.
Listen to the experts for a bit not the nay Sayers. At least we will be able to control what Iran does. If they do cheat the rest of the world will have to push back. Without this the rest of the world walks. How does that help Israel?
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