President Obama on Saturday hailed the historic deal between world powers and Iran to curb Tehran's nuclear program in exchange for limited sanctions relief.
"For the first time in nearly a decade, we have halted the progress of the Iranian nuclear program, and key parts of the program will be rolled back," Obama said from the White House.
The agreement, struck early Sunday in Geneva, includes a six-month program to limit how much the nation could enrich its uranium, making it more difficult for Iran to weaponize it. It would also cap Iran’s nuclear stockpile, and halt work on components of another nuclear reactor that could provide Iran with plutonium.
Those new limitations, combined with heightened oversight from outside inspectors, are all aimed at making it significantly more difficult for Iran to turn its existing nuclear capabilities into a nuclear bomb.
"Simply put, they cut off Iran's most likely paths to a bomb," Obama said.
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