The White House wants to tweetsplain the Iran deal to you

The P5+1 and Iran representatives announcing the Iran nuclear agreement

(Image credit: Fabrice Coffrini/Getty Images)

published 21 July 2015

President Obama is apparently getting really tired of all the alleged misinformation surrounding the Iran nuclear deal. So tired, in fact, that he's turned to Twitter.

In order to combat deal's critics, the White House has launched @TheIranDeal, a Twitter account that will supposedly fact-check "misinformation and falsehoods" about the deal, as well as tweet out handy facts. The Twitter profile also links to a new WhiteHouse.gov page that similarly fleshes out the deal with videos and graphs.

Obama had previously urged his critics to explain specifically how the Iran deal does not prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon. Dialing up his sass, the president added that opponents ought to explain "why they are right and why Ernie Moniz, who is an MIT physicist and expert in these issues, is wrong." Moniz is Obama's secretary of energy.

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"I do expect the debate to be based on fact and not speculation or misinformation," Obama said.

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Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.