Obama: ‘Smart’ Diplomacy Led To Developments With Iran

President Barack Obama speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 4, 2016, during a meeting with law enforcement officials to discuss executive actions the president can take to curb g... President Barack Obama speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 4, 2016, during a meeting with law enforcement officials to discuss executive actions the president can take to curb gun violence. The president is slated to finalize a set of new executive actions tightening U.S. gun laws, kicking off his last year in office with a clear signal that he intends to prioritize one of the country's most intractable issues. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) MORE LESS
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WASHINGTON (AP) —
President Barack Obama is crediting his “smart” diplomacy for recent
breakthroughs in the U.S. relationship with Iran.

Obama says a “smart, patient and disciplined approached to the world” has seen results.

Obama spoke from the White House on Sunday, one day after the United Nations certified that Iran had curbed its nuclear program as promised.

The certification triggered the reversal of billions of dollars of international economic sanctions.

Iran
also released four Iranian-Americans for seven Iranians in U.S. prisons
as part of a prisoner swap. A fifth American detained in Iran was also
sent home to the U.S.

Obama says the new approach to Iran helped free the detained Americans.

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