--- title: Iran Nuclear Deal: Presidential Candidates Respond description: President Obama's proposed deal on the Iranian nuclear program has become a hot topic among the people running to replace him. canonical: https://time.com/3959943/iran-nuclear-deal-presidential-candidates/ author: Julia Lull article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-07-15T23:20:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T09:17:34.795Z article:section: Politics og:title: See How the 2016 Field Reacted to the Iran Nuclear Deal og:description: What the presidential candidates are saying og:url: https://time.com/3959943/iran-nuclear-deal-presidential-candidates/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt70e2acc34b00d99f/69885ad10a4a2283419c5239/obama-iran.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: President Obama Addresses Iran Nuclear Deal og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See How the 2016 Field Reacted to the Iran Nuclear Deal twitter:description: What the presidential candidates are saying twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt70e2acc34b00d99f/69885ad10a4a2283419c5239/obama-iran.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # See How the 2016 Field Reacted to the Iran Nuclear Deal  by [Julia Lull](/author/julia-lull/)  ## Julia Lull Jul 15, 2015 11:20 PM CUT  President Barack Obama, standing with Vice President Joe Biden, conducts a press conference in the East Room of the White House in response to the Iran Nuclear Deal, on July 14, 2015 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama, standing with Vice President Joe Biden, conducts a press conference in the East Room of the White House in response to the Iran Nuclear Deal, on July 14, 2015 in Washington, DC.Andrew Harnik—Pool/Getty Images  by [Julia Lull](/author/julia-lull/)  ## Julia Lull Jul 15, 2015 11:20 PM CUT President Obama’s proposed deal on the Iranian nuclear program has become a hot topic among the people running to replace him. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her rivals for the Democratic nomination generally support the deal, while the Republican field is divided only on [how vigorously they oppose it](http://time.com/3957350/iran-nuclear-deal-republicans-presidential-race/ "undefined"). This video shows some of the reactions from the 2016 presidential field to the proposed deal. The agreement reduces the current Iranian stockpile of low-enriched uranium by 98%, restricts its acquisition of new nuclear fuel for 15 years, and restricts its own research on nuclear technologies for 10 years. In exchange, Iran is rewarded with sanctions relief that could lead to hundreds of billions in an economic boost to the economy, along with an ending of a conventional weapons arms embargo against Iran in five years and an embargo against ballistic missile technology imports in 8 years, if the country continues to live up to its commitments. Republicans in Congress have vowed to block the deal. **Read Next:** [_What to Know About the Iran Nuclear Deal_](http://time.com/3957305/iran-nuclear-deal-obama/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3959943/iran-nuclear-deal-presidential-candidates/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3959943/iran-nuclear-deal-presidential-candidates/"},"headline":"See How the 2016 Field Reacted to the Iran Nuclear Deal","datePublished":"2015-07-15T23:20:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T09:17:34.795Z","description":"What the presidential candidates are saying","url":"https://time.com/3959943/iran-nuclear-deal-presidential-candidates/","keywords":["White House","2016 Election topic","Barack Obama","Iran","Nuclear"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt70e2acc34b00d99f/69885ad10a4a2283419c5239/obama-iran.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Julia Lull","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/julia-lull/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt70e2acc34b00d99f/69885ad10a4a2283419c5239/obama-iran.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President Obama Addresses Iran Nuclear Deal","caption":"President Obama Addresses Iran Nuclear Deal","creditText":"Andrew Harnik—Pool/Getty Images","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/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3959943/iran-nuclear-deal-presidential-candidates/","name":"See How the 2016 Field Reacted to the Iran Nuclear Deal"}}]}] ```