Others Have Called the Iran Deal 'Astonishing' 'Capitulation.' Here's What President Obama Had to Say About It.

President Barack Obama is bullish on the Iran deal that many have trashed.

"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," Obama said in his weekly address Saturday.

While commentators have noted that the deal could leave the U.S. "isolated" in future dealings with Iran and Israelis have labeled it "capitulation," Obama fully endorsed the developing deal, saying:

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.

The ongoing negotiations, during which some have claimed that the U.S. team is essentially negotiating on Iran's behalf, are not yet finished, but Obama called on Americans to seize the "historic opportunity" to clinch a deal.

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