President Obama: Iran’s Leaders Using Nuclear Talks for Political Spin

U.S. President Barack Obama holds a news conference at the conclusion of the Summit of the Americas in Panama City, Panama April 11, 2015. Reuters/Jonathan Ernst

Bloomberg: Obama Says Iran’s Leaders Using Nuclear Talks for Political Spin



U.S. President Barack Obama disputed Iranian leaders’ assertions that immediate sanctions relief would spring from a final nuclear accord, and faulted Senate Republicans for injecting partisanship into the negotiations.


Obama said that phased reduction of penalties on the Islamic Republic was part of a preliminary accord reached last week and that Iran has its own politics and hardliners “just as we have in our own country.”


“It’s not surprising to me that the supreme leader or a whole bunch of other people are going to try to characterize the deal in a way that protects their political position,” Obama said in a news conference Saturday after a summit of Western Hemisphere leaders in Panama.



Update #1: Obama optimistic about Iran nuclear deal despite Khamenei's comments -- Reuters

Update #2: Obama: Nuclear Deal Possible Despite Khamenei Objections -- WSJ



WNU Editor: I find it very strange to see a sitting U.S. President finding excuses while trying to explain the politics in Iran and what it's leadership really means when their comments on the nuclear deal do not mirror what the Obama administration has been saying.