Obama read transcript of address

3 March 2015, 9:01 pm

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Obama says he read a transcript of Netanyahu’s speech. He says “there was nothing new” in the speech.

The president says Netanyahu made almost the same speech when he warned against the interim deal reached with Iran. Obama says that deal has resulted in a freeze and rolling back of Iran’s nuclear program.

Obama says Netanyahu’s alternative to talks amounts to no deal at all. He says that would lead Iran to redouble efforts to build a nuclear bomb.

“We don’t yet have a deal. But if we are successful, this will be the best deal possible with Iran to prevent Iran from having a nuclear weapon,” he says.

Obama speaks in the Oval Office alongside Defense Secretary Ashton Carter.

— AP, AFP