DHAKA: Critics of the nuclear agreement with Iran are at odds with ‘99% of the world and the majority of nuclear experts’, US President Barack Obama has said.

He challenged critics of Tuesday’s deal to present a better alternative - seen as a veiled reference to his Republican opponents in Congress.

The UN Security Council will vote next week on a resolution endorsing the agreement, Iran says, reports the BBC.

In return for an end to sanctions, Iran will limit its nuclear activities.

The president has said there will be a robust debate with Congress.

His Republican rivals, who hope to scupper the agreement in a subsequent vote, have accused him of appeasement.

But Obama said, ‘If 99% of the world community and the majority of nuclear experts look at this thing and they say this will prevent Iran from getting a nuclear bomb, and you are arguing either that it does not or that even if it does, it’s temporary then you should have some alternative’.

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