The stars feature in a new video designed to help persuade legislators to get the agreement through Congress when it goes to the vote in September. Alongside them are an eclectic mix of camera-friendly experts including ex-CIA agent Valerie Plame, Queen Noor of Jordan and retired US Ambassador Thomas R Pickering, who urge Americans to support the agreement lest they wind up “super dead”.
Global Zero, a non-partisan atomic disarmament organization, backed the YouTube video, which gives a colloquial briefing on the intentions behind the bill – to tonally unsettling effect.
The Iran nuclear agreement, which was reached earlier this month after a long period of international negotiations, seeks to prevent the country from developing a bomb for at least a decade, as well as allowing for inspections of Iran’s facilities in exchange for sanctions relief.
As Freeman explains, “the agreement on the table is the best way to insure that Iran doesn’t build a … bomb” before going on to suggest “the alternative is war”. The actor has been a prominent supporter of Barack Obama, voicing campaign ads and giving substantial donations.
Lyonne, who starred in American Pie and recently returned to the public eye with a part in Orange is the New Black, chips in with: “Do me a favor, OK, don’t let some hot-headed member of Congress screw this up”, while Black adds “playing politics with our national security isn’t all that funny”. (The Guardian)
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Tehran, July 31, IRNA – The actors Morgan Freeman, Jack Black and Natasha Lyonne have leant their support to Barack Obama’s nuclear agreement with Iran.
