President Obama pushed back at critics of the temporary agreement that the United States made with Iran saying that it “cannot close the door on diplomacy”.
In speaking at a rally in San Francisco, and in referring to allies that weren’t happy with this agree, the President said, “Tough talk and bluster may be the easy thing to do politically, but it’s not the right thing to do for our security.”
In regard to the temporary agreement, Iran has agreed to halt certain parts of its nuclear program while allowing for international monitoring in exchange for relief on stiff economic sanctions as well as a pledge from Obama that no further penalties will be slapped on Iran during the next six months.
This agreement was worked out between Iran and six world powers namely the United States, Germany, Britain, Russia France and China.
Obama’s remarks came soon after the skepticism that was expressed over such a deal by not only the Israeli Prime Minister but also fellow Democrats. In fact, the former clearly stated that this agreement was a mistake and will soon send an envoy to Washington to toughen the demands.
In spite of the attention that this agreement has generated, it won’t formally take effect unless the details pertaining to the relief of sanctions as well as the inspection are worked out. One such detail includes allowing Iran to enrich uranium at a low level.
Even though Iran says that it is pursuing nuclear power for peaceful purposes, nuclear analysts believe that the agreement will give the country the right to enrich some uranium which will not go down well with some of the allies of the United States, namely Israel, and Democrat legislators.