On nuclear deal, can Iran be trusted? #tellusatoday

Iran has reached a framework for a nuclear agreement with the U.S. and other world powers that includes, among other things, enhanced access to nuclear facilities for monitors. Comments from Facebook are edited for clarity and grammar:

This not-yet deal stinks. Iran won nearly every concession. Its leaders wanted the sanctions lifted. Done.

Its leaders wanted to keep research and development for nuclear power. Done.

Finally, it wanted to make America look like wimps. Done.

I'm sure North Korea is watching closely. Look for that country to start acting out again soon.

— Michael Bassett

Iran doesn't have the greatest track record when it comes to keeping its promises.

And it usually reorganizes its nuclear program when it is in talks with other countries. I don't trust that country at all!

— TJ Traci Smith

The deal will not stand peer review by Israel, and that is the problem.

— Vincent Wolf

Letters to the editor:

During the long negotiations with Iran, neither the U.S. government nor the Israeli government has mentioned the Israeli nuclear arsenal. When there is no honesty in these negotiations, what can be said about their credibility? The negotiations lack credibility, just like Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. When will this hypocrisy end?

Maurice Skibba; Arvada, Colo.

Former congresswoman Michele Bachmann, who has been curiouslysilent for a while, recently resurfaced with a caustic comparison of President Obama to the Germanwings pilot who appears to have intentionally crashed a passenger jet into the French Alps. In Bachmann's muddled mind, the president seeking a nuclear deal with Iran to avert escalation of tensions is akin to killing 150 innocent people. How could she say such a thing? I didn't think it was possible for her to get any lower.

Vin Morabito; Scranton, Pa.

If Obama thinks Iran will abide by the recent nuke deal, he is extremely delusional. Would you believe a country that calls the U.S. the "Great Satan"?

Ellen Pesavento; Aurora, Colo.

We asked our followers what they thought of the nuclear agreement with Iran. Comments from Twitter are edited for clarity and grammar:

Any agreement with the leaders of Iran isn't worth the paper it's written on.

— @BittmanSkip

An accord with this Islamic theocracy is not an agreement. It is a suicide pact.

— @ScottHolleran

Hopefully it will improve monitoring of nuclear facilities.

— @darbywelch

This is a bad deal, which Iran will break. The U.S. won't be able to do anything about it.

— @DouglasLevene

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