Obama defends 2015 Iran nuclear deal
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on La Nouvelle Tribune
Barack Obama defended the nuclear deal concluded with Iran in 2015 and criticised Donald Trump’s military strategy at a rally in Cleveland. The former US president said diplomacy had prevented Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, while the conflict has already caused American deaths and injuries, according to his remarks.
Former US president Barack Obama defended the nuclear deal concluded with Iran in 2015 in Cleveland on Saturday 24 October, at a campaign rally supporting Democratic candidates, La Nouvelle Tribune reports. He said the deal had prevented Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon without resorting to military intervention.
Signed in Vienna in July 2015, the deal capped Iran’s uranium enrichment at 3.67% and provided for monitoring by the IAEA in exchange for the lifting of international sanctions. President Donald Trump withdrew from it in 2018, after which Iran stopped complying with its commitments, according to the media outlet.
Obama also criticised the conduct of the war in Iran, referring to US military personnel killed and hundreds wounded, as well as depleted missile stocks. He accused Iran of exercising a ‘right of veto’ over the Strait of Hormuz, which he said was helping to drive up the price of diesel, and condemned the Pentagon’s lack of seriousness.
The speech took place as Obama was supporting Amy Acton, a candidate for governor of Ohio, and Sherrod Brown, a Senate candidate, ahead of the 3 November midterm elections. A roadmap signed in June between Washington and Tehran collapsed after US-Israeli strikes in February 2026. Iran locked down the Strait of Hormuz and the United States imposed a blockade on Iranian ports, La Nouvelle Tribune reports.
The position came after Donald Trump blocked an Israeli offensive against Iran, according to an article published on 21 October. On 22 October, J.D. Vance also defended a controversial advert in Ohio as part of the midterm election campaign.
