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President Obama on Iran: 'We pulled it off without firing a missile'
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- And we pulled it off without firing a missile, he added.
- The former president recalled that his administration weighed using military force against Tehran during that period but opted to use it as a last resort after diplomatic talks.
- What I also believed was that the regime was not entirely irrational, that they had a survival instinct, and that when you carry out the military force, innocent people die.
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We went about trying to negotiate a diplomatic agreement that would get the enriched uranium out of Iran, that would assure they could not get to a nuclear weapon without us knowing about it…and that there were mechanisms in place to enforce it and verify it, Obama told host of The Late Show Stephen Colbert during an interview last month.
And we pulled it off without firing a missile, he added.
Obama was referring to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), an agreement negotiated during his second term designed to curb Iran s nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief from the U.S., Russia, China, France, the United Kingdom and Germany.
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