Obama Urges Congress to Approve Iran Nuclear Deal

Under a deal between Iran and major world powers in Vienna on Tuesday, Iran agreed to long-term curbs on a nuclear program that the West suspected was aimed at creating an atomic bomb. Iran has said its work is purely peaceful. In return, the United 

The deal would significantly restrict Iran's development of uranium toward nuclear bomb in exchange for the phasing out of international sanctions, and has been a major goal of the Obama administration for more than a year.

The landmark Iran nuclear deal poses a threat to both Israel and the United States, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told NBC News' Lester Holt on Wednesday. "We think this is not only a threat to us. We think this is a threat to you as well," 

The deal would significantly restrict Iran's development of uranium toward nuclear bomb in exchange for the phasing out of international sanctions, and has been a major goal of the Obama administration for more than a year.

Iran and six major world powers have reached a conclusive deal on the Iranian nuclear industry. The agreement brings an end the 12-year dispute over Tehran's nuclear program and related economic sanctions.