--- title: Obama Makes Case for a 'Good Deal' description: President Barack Obama pressed his case for what he called a "good deal" with Iran on Saturday. canonical: https://time.com/3771505/obama-good-deal-iran/ author: Noah Rayman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-04T17:58:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:05:16.851Z article:section: Politics og:title: Obama Says Iran Agreement Is a 'Good Deal' og:description: "It’s a good deal, a deal that meets our core objectives" og:url: https://time.com/3771505/obama-good-deal-iran/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltec840ccf509100f8/698786b78e06015ef845b1cf/obama.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2100 og:image:height: 1181 og:image:alt: US-POLITICS-IRAN-NUCLEAR-OBAMA og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Obama Says Iran Agreement Is a 'Good Deal' twitter:description: "It’s a good deal, a deal that meets our core objectives" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltec840ccf509100f8/698786b78e06015ef845b1cf/obama.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Obama Says Iran Agreement Is a 'Good Deal' > Sponsored content. 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Know Right Now: Iran Negotiations Continue_  by [Noah Rayman](https://time.com/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Apr 4, 2015 5:58 PM UTC  President Barack Obama makes a statement at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 2, 2015 after a deal was reached on Iran's nuclear program. President Barack Obama makes a statement at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 2, 2015 after a deal was reached on Iran's nuclear program. Nicholas Kamm—AFP/Getty Images  by [Noah Rayman](https://time.com/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Apr 4, 2015 5:58 PM UTC President Barack Obama pressed his case for what he called a “good deal” with Iran on Saturday. In a weekly address posted to the White House website, Obama reiterated the argument he made in a public address on Thursday after both sides announced that negotiators [had reached a framework agreement for a final deal](http://time.com/3770850/iran-deal-explainer/) on Iran’s nuclear program, due by June 30. “It’s a good deal, a deal that meets our core objectives, including strict limitations on Iran’s program and cutting off every pathway that Iran could take to develop a nuclear weapon,” Obama said, calling the framework agreement an “historic understanding with Iran.” “This deal denies Iran the plutonium necessary to build a bomb. It shuts down Iran’s path to a bomb using enriched uranium,” Obama said in his address posted Saturday. 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