Obama: No military solution to Iran's nuclear program

Source: AP

JERUSALEM

President Barack Obama tells Israeli TV there is no military solution to Iran's nuclear program.

Channel 2 TV aired exerts of the interview Monday.

Obama said "I can, I think, demonstrate, not based on any hope but on facts and evidence and analysis, that the best way to prevent Iran from having a nuclear weapon is a verifiable, tough agreement."

"Even if the United States participates, it would temporarily slow down an Iranian nuclear program but it will not eliminate it," he said. The full interview will be aired Tuesday.

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