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Address: A Comprehensive, Long-Term Deal with Iran
The White House
July 18, 2015
This week, the United States and
our international partners finally achieved something that decades of animosity
has not – a deal that will prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
This deal will make America and
the world safer and more secure. Still,
you’re going to hear a lot of overheated and often dishonest arguments about it
in the weeks ahead. So today, I want to
take a moment to take those on one by one, and explain what this deal does and
what it means.
First, you’ll hear some critics
argue that this deal somehow makes it easier for Iran to obtain a nuclear
weapon. Now, if you think it sounds
strange that the United States, Great Britain, France, Germany, Russia, China,
and some of the world’s best nuclear scientists would agree to something like
that, you’re right. This deal actually
closes off Iran’s pathway to a nuclear weapon.
Today, Iran has enough nuclear material to produce up to 10 nuclear weapons. With this deal, they’ll have to ship 98% of
that material out of the country – leaving them with a fraction of what it
takes to make even one weapon. With this
deal, they’ll have to repurpose two key nuclear facilities so they can’t
produce materials that could be used for a nuclear weapon. So this deal actually pushes Iran further
away from a bomb. And there’s a
permanent prohibition on Iran ever having a nuclear weapon.
Second, you might hear from
critics that Iran could just ignore what’s required and do whatever they want.
That they’re inevitably going to cheat. Well, that’s wrong, too. With this deal, we will have unprecedented,
24/7 monitoring of Iran’s key nuclear facilities. With this deal, international inspectors will
have access to Iran’s entire nuclear supply chain. The verification process set up by this deal
is comprehensive and it is intrusive – precisely so we can make sure Iran keeps
its commitments.
Third, you might hear from
critics that Iran faces no consequences if it violates this deal. That’s also patently false. If Iran violates this deal, the sanctions we
imposed that have helped cripple the Iranian economy – the sanctions that
helped make this deal possible – would snap back into place promptly.
There’s a reason this deal took
so long to negotiate. Because we refused
to accept a bad deal. We held out for a
deal that met every one of our bottom lines.
And we got it.
Does this deal resolve all of the
threats Iran poses to its neighbors and the world? No.
Does it do more than anyone has done before to make sure Iran does not
obtain a nuclear weapon? Yes. And that was our top priority from the
start. That’s why it’s in everyone’s
best interest to make sure this deal holds.
Because without this deal, there would be no limits on Iran’s nuclear
program. There would be no monitoring,
no inspections. The sanctions we rallied
the world to impose would unravel. Iran
could move closer to a nuclear weapon.
Other countries in the region might race to do the same. And we’d risk another war in the most
volatile region in the world. That’s
what would happen without this deal.
On questions of war and peace, we
should have tough, honest, serious debates.
We’ve seen what happens when we don’t.
That’s why this deal is online for the whole world to see. I welcome all scrutiny. I fear no questions. As Commander-in-Chief, I make no apology for
keeping this country safe and secure through the hard work of diplomacy over
the easy rush to war. And on Tuesday,
I’ll continue to press this case when I address the national convention of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars. Because nobody
understands the true cost of war better than those who’ve actually served in
this country’s uniform.
We have before us an historic
opportunity to pursue a safer, more secure world for our children. It might not come around again in our
lifetimes. That’s why we’re going to
seize it today – and keep America a beacon of hope, liberty, and leadership for
generations to come.
Thank you, and have a great
weekend. |
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