President Obama sought Tuesday to sell the deal reached overnight to limit Iran’s nuclear program, promising that it will limit the chance of war in the Middle East and cut off “every pathway” for Iran to build a nuclear weapon.
“This deal is not built on trust. It is built on verification,” he said from the White House early Tuesday, returning to a refrain he and his negotiators have used repeatedly during the talks.
After nearly two years of discussions, negotiators from Iran and six world powers, including the U.S., finally agreed to a deal designed to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon for at least a decade in exchange for relief from crippling economic sanctions.