By The Daily Journalist.
US President Barack Obama on Wednesday appeared before the media to explain the nuclear agreement reached with Iran on Wednesday and clarify some issues. “The priority number one was that Iran not have a nuclear weapon,” he recalled, before emphasizing that this goal has been reached. “I can say with confidence,” said relying on scientific experts, “Iran will not be in a position to develop a nuclear bomb.” A goal pursued by the US, its allies and partners during negotiations and Israel, contextualized the president of the criticism coming from the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
This agreement, however, does not mean that differences with the regime in Tehran have disappeared; they are still present. So the United States will maintain its sanctions related to support terrorist groups. According to Obama, this new scenario may be a starting point to “continue to have talks with Iran” on other issues.
Debate on facts and not speculation
After a brief description of the “historic” agreement that establishes “severe limits” to the Iranian nuclear program, contrasting to what is good and what would be the alternative, Obama said that the “details matter.” Therefore, he added, the US negotiating team has worked hard to close the borders and it is appropriate that the Congress and the American society discuss the agreement reached by the G5 + 1 group and Iran.
Convinced that the alternative would be worse-since the nuclear roads would open and even could not inspect anything-Obama said most of Congress should approve the deal. “My hope is that all evaluate the agreement based on facts, not politics, not poses” stressed, noting that the key is what is important for US interests. The president insisted that the debate should be “based on facts and not on speculation and misinformation.”
The campaign to convince skeptics of the benefits of the agreement and congressmen-citizens has been given on several fronts. Vice President Joe Biden this afternoon Spanish- -hour on Capitol Hill with the Democrats to try to unravel the suspicions aroused by the pact met. Among the first to express their anger on the same Tuesday, Sen. Bob Menendez for whom the agreement “does not end Iran’s nuclear program; it keeps.” Also the national security team in the White House has begun to hold meetings to account for the details of the agreement reached with Tehran.
