Obama: Iran nuclear deal would assure 'unprecedented transparency measures'

President Barack Obama used his weekly address to the nation to tout the framework of a nuclear deal with Iran, calling it "a good deal, a deal that meets our core objectives."

"It shuts down Iran's path to a bomb using enriched uranium," Obama said. "This is a long-term deal, with strict limits on Iran's program for more than a decade, and unprecedented transparency measures that will last for 20 years or more."

Iran and six world powers, including the U.S., agreed to framework on Thursday that could clear the way to a final agreement by the June deadline. Iran would agree to curb its nuclear program, in exchange for Western countries lifting current sanctions on Tehran.

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"Success is not guaranteed," Obama noted. "But today we have an historic opportunity to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons in Iran, and to do so peacefully, with the international community firmly behind us."

Watch the full address in the video, below. —Sarah Eberspacher