Iran Nuclear Deal Opponents Have No Credible Arguments – Obama

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — US President Barack Obama said Monday he has not heard any credible arguments from people opposing the nuclear deal with Iran.

On June 14, Iran and the P5+1 group of countries — the United States, Russia, China, France and the United Kingdom plus Germany — announced a final comprehensive agreement on Tehran's nuclear program. The Republican Party-controlled US Congress has until September 17 to disapprove the deal, a decision that, regardless, can be vetoed by the US president.

"The good news I guess is that I have not yet heard a factual argument on the other side that holds up to scrutiny. There is a reason why 99 percent of the world thinks this is a good deal, it is because it is a good deal,” Obama said.

President Obama observed that he would not characterize the efforts of his administration to present facts about the international agreement as lobbying.

“We are just providing the facts, laying out exactly what the deal is, explaining how it cuts off all the pathways for Iran to get a nuclear weapon, explaining how it puts in place an unprecedented verification and inspection mechanisms, explaining how we have snap back provisions so that if they cheat, we immediately reimpose sanctions,“ the president said.

According to the final text of the nuclear agreement, Iran will under no circumstances seek to develop or acquire a nuclear weapon and, in exchange, will receive sanctions relief.

Earlier this month, the Republicans introduced a resolution with the support of 171 members — about two-thirds of House Republicans — condemning the nuclear agreement with Iran.