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Watch: Full video of Obama’s speech on the Iran nuclear deal

by Amanda Taub
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Iran nuclear deal: Trump withdraws the US from the agreement
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This morning, negotiators from the United States, Iran, and other world powers announced that they had finally reached an agreement over Iran’s nuclear program.

President Obama gave a speech at 7 am Eastern time praising the deal, saying that the United States had achieved a historic agreement that cuts off every pathway Iran has to create or obtain nuclear weapons.

Read the full text of the nuclear deal here.

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