29 Mar 2024
Saturday 23 May 2015 - 13:40
Story Code : 165516

Iran deal will have my name on it: Obama

US President Barack Obama has said a possible nuclear deal between Iran and the P5+1 will have his name on it.

This deal will have my name on it, nobody has a bigger personal stake in making sure it delivers on its promise, Obama said on Friday at Adas Israel, Washingtons most prominent conservative synagogue.

The US and its negotiating partners reached a framework nuclear agreement with Iran in Switzerland on April 2.

Tehran and the P5+1 group the US, Britain, France, China, Russia and Germany are currently working to draw up a final accord by the end of June.

I want a good deal, Obama said. Im interested in a deal that blocks every single one of Irans pathways to a nuclear weapon.

Obama made the remarks shortly before he signed into law a bill that would allow Congress to review and potentially reject any final nuclear agreement with Iran.

The Iran Nuclear Review Act of 2015 overwhelmingly passed the House of Representatives and Senate earlier this month. The legislation will allow for a 30-day review of any final nuclear deal with Iran.

The United States, Israel, and some of their allies accuse Iran of pursuing military objectives in its nuclear energy program.

Iran rejects the allegation, arguing that as a committed signatory to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), it has the right to use nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.

In addition, the IAEA has conducted numerous inspections of Iran's nuclear facilities but has never found any evidence showing that Iran's civilian nuclear program has been diverted to nuclear weapons production.

In February, Al Jazeera television network released a secret Mossad cable which revealed that Israel has been aware that Irans nuclear program is peaceful and does not include the activity necessary to produce weapons.

The Israeli spy agencys top-secret cable, leaked on February 23, concluded that Iran was not performing the activity necessary to produce weapons.

By Press TV
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