Fact-check: “Obama's advice to Trump on Iran: "We pulled it off without firing a missile. We got 97% of their enriched uranium out. There's no dispute that it worked, and we didn't have to kill a whole bunch of p…”
Verdict: Unverifiable (45% confidence)
The JCPOA did achieve a verified, diplomatic reduction of Iran's enriched uranium — U.S. officials cited roughly 98% (not 97%) and the IAEA confirmed implementation in January 2016, with no primary-source evidence that the reduction involved missile strikes, deaths, or a Hormuz closure. But the claim that 'there is no dispute that it worked' is directly contradicted by the official record: the IAEA documented undeclared nuclear sites, access denials, and non-compliance findings; Iran's stockpil…
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