--- description: President Barack Obama pressed his case for what he called a "good deal" with Iran on Saturday. title: Obama Says Iran Agreement Is a 'Good Deal' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltec840ccf509100f8/698786b78e06015ef845b1cf/obama.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Foreign Policy](/tag/foreign-policy/) ## Foreign Policy Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Obama Says Iran Agreement Is a 'Good Deal'  by [Noah Rayman](/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 4, 2015 5:58 PM CUT  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](/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 4, 2015 5:58 PM CUT 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/ "undefined") 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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