--- title: Barack Obama Answers Iran Deal Questions on Quora description: The answers came on the same day Senate Democrats blocked a disapproval resolution against the agreement canonical: https://time.com/4030616/iran-deal-quora-barack-obama/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-09-10T23:29:54.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T10:51:37.009Z article:section: Politics og:title: President Obama Answers Iran Deal Questions on Quora og:description: The answers came as Senate Democrats moved to protect the agreement og:url: https://time.com/4030616/iran-deal-quora-barack-obama/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt60236abce8f0c75d/6988632bcd1bba42b36fd1f7/2015-09-09t203552z_1623933352_gf102.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3500 og:image:height: 1969 og:image:alt: U.S. President Barack Obama smiles while speaking during a visit to Macomb Community College in Warren og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: President Obama Answers Iran Deal Questions on Quora twitter:description: The answers came as Senate Democrats moved to protect the agreement twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt60236abce8f0c75d/6988632bcd1bba42b36fd1f7/2015-09-09t203552z_1623933352_gf102.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # President Obama Answers Iran Deal Questions on Quora > Sponsored content. 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Kevin Lamarque—Reuters by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Sep 10, 2015 11:29 PM UTC Barack Obama is no stranger to using non-traditional media to communicate with constituents, and the President further cemented his reputation for social media savvy Thursday when he took to the [question-and-answers](http://www.quora.com/What-is-it-about-the-Iran-nuclear-deal-that-keeps-them-from-getting-nuclear-weapons/answer/Barack-Obama) wesbite Quora to address users’ lingering concerns about the administration’s nuclear agreement with Iran. Here are the highlights from Obama’s answers: [Would a rejection of the Iran nuclear deal by the US Congress be a vote for war](http://www.quora.com/Would-a-rejection-of-the-Iran-nuclear-deal-by-the-US-Congress-be-a-vote-for-war/answer/Barack-Obama)? --- > “” --- [Can Iran’s leaders be trusted?](http://www.quora.com/Can-Irans-leaders-be-trusted) --- > “” --- [What is it about the Iran nuclear deal that keeps them from getting nuclear weapons?](http://www.quora.com/What-is-it-about-the-Iran-nuclear-deal-that-keeps-them-from-getting-nuclear-weapons/answer/Barack-Obama) --- > “” --- Read the full Q&A over at [Quora](http://www.quora.com/What-is-it-about-the-Iran-nuclear-deal-that-keeps-them-from-getting-nuclear-weapons/answer/Barack-Obama). The President’s question and answer session isn’t the only way the White House has attempted to use social media to defend the Iran deal. The Obama administration has also been running a [Twitter](https://twitter.com/theirandeal?lang=en) account dedicated to answering questions about the agreement, and has published a number of blog posts (including the [full text of the deal](https://medium.com/the-iran-deal)) to present its case for the deal directly to the public. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4030616/iran-deal-quora-barack-obama/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4030616/iran-deal-quora-barack-obama/"},"headline":"President Obama Answers Iran Deal Questions on Quora","datePublished":"2015-09-10T23:29:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T10:51:37.009Z","description":"On the same day Senate Democrats blocked a disapproval resolution against the agreement","url":"https://time.com/4030616/iran-deal-quora-barack-obama/","keywords":["Foreign Policy","Barack Obama","Obama","President Obama"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt60236abce8f0c75d/6988632bcd1bba42b36fd1f7/2015-09-09t203552z_1623933352_gf102.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt60236abce8f0c75d/6988632bcd1bba42b36fd1f7/2015-09-09t203552z_1623933352_gf102.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"U.S. President Barack Obama smiles while speaking during a visit to Macomb Community College in Warren","caption":"U.S. President Barack Obama smiles while speaking during a visit to Macomb Community College in Warren","creditText":"Kevin Lamarque—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/foreign-policy/","name":"Foreign Policy"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4030616/iran-deal-quora-barack-obama/","name":"President Obama Answers Iran Deal Questions on Quora"}}]}] ```