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The video by the anti-nuclear group Global Zero takes a
light-hearted tone, far from the jibes, and insults thrown in
Congress between Obama administration officials and Republicans
who are skeptical of the deal.
"The agreement currently on the table is the best way to ensure
that Iran doesn’t build a f**king bomb," actor Morgan Freeman
says in the three-minute spot, in which his expletive is bleeped
out.
The famous names, including veteran diplomat and former U.S.
U.N. Ambassador Thomas Pickering, say the deal negotiated
between the United States, other world powers and Iran is the
best option available. They list dire options if it falls victim
to congressional "sabotage."
U.S. lawmakers have until Sept. 17 to accept or reject the
agreement.
The Obama administration has been working all-out to convince
members of Congress, and the public, to back the nuclear accord.
The campaign has included social media as well as testimony at
hearings, classified briefings and private meetings and
receptions.
The video has garnered more than 250,000 views on YouTube in the
two days since it was released.
It ends with Black singing a spoof version of "Russians,"
Sting's popular anti-nuclear song from the Cold War era.
"And I say to you, I hope the Iranians love their children too,"
he sings.
(Reporting by Idrees Ali; Editing by Patricia Zengerle and
Andrew Hay)
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