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Address: Reaching a Comprehensive and Long-Term Deal on Iran’s Nuclear Program
The White House
April 4, 2015
This week, together with our
allies and partners, we reached an historic understanding with Iran, which, if
fully implemented, will prevent it from obtaining a nuclear weapon and make our
country, our allies, and our world safer.
This framework is the result of
tough, principled diplomacy. 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.
This deal denies Iran the
plutonium necessary to build a bomb. It shuts down Iran’s path to a bomb using
enriched uranium. Iran has agreed that it will not stockpile the materials
needed to build a weapon. Moreover, international inspectors will have
unprecedented access to Iran’s nuclear program because Iran will face more
inspections than any other country in the world. If Iran cheats, the world will
know it. If we see something suspicious, we will inspect it. So this deal is
not based on trust, it’s based on unprecedented verification.
And 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. And as a member of
the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Iran will never be permitted to develop a
nuclear weapon.
In return for Iran’s actions, the
international community, including the United States, has agreed to provide
Iran with phased relief from certain sanctions. If Iran violates the deal,
sanctions can be snapped back into place. Meanwhile, other American sanctions
on Iran for its support of terrorism, its human rights abuses, its ballistic
missile program, all will continue to be enforced.
As I said this week, many key
details will need to be finalized over the next three months, and nothing is
agreed to until everything is agreed. And if there is backsliding, there will
be no deal.
Here in the United States, I
expect a robust debate. We’ll keep Congress and the American people fully
briefed on the substance of the deal. As we engage in this debate, let’s
remember – we really only have three options for dealing with Iran’s nuclear
program: bombing Iran’s nuclear facilities – which will only set its program
back a few years – while starting another war in the Middle East; abandoning
negotiations and hoping for the best with sanctions – even though that’s always
led to Iran making more progress in its nuclear program; or a robust and
verifiable deal like this one that peacefully prevents Iran from obtaining a
nuclear weapon.
As President and Commander in
Chief, I firmly believe that the diplomatic option – a comprehensive, long-term
deal like this – is by far the best option. For the United States. For our
allies. And for the world.
Our work – this deal – is not yet
done. Diplomacy is painstaking work. Success is not guaranteed. 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. And
this will be our work in the days and months ahead in keeping with the best
traditions of American leadership. |
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