Obama Says He Doesn't Expect Republican Party to Rally Behind Iran Nuclear Deal

U.S. President Barack Obama called on members of Congress this week to look past the politics of his recent historic nuclear arms deal with Iran, instead encouraging members to look at the facts.

The president made his comments during a press conference on Wednesday from the White House. During the press conference, the Commander-in-Chief encouraged concerned lawmakers to read the agreement reached between Iran and western powers, and if they continue to a disagree with the details they may offer an alternative.

"My hope is that everyone in Congress also evaluates this agreement based on the facts—not on politics, not on posturing, not on the fact this is a deal I bring to Congress as opposed to a Republican president," the president said during the press conference. "If Congress does that, then in fact, based on the facts, the majority of Congress should approve of this deal."

"I am not betting on the Republican Party rallying behind this agreement," the president added.

The deal reached this week between western powers and Iran states that the Middle Eastern country will stop its nuclear weapons program in exchange for the lifting of strict economic sanctions on the country.

The deal resulted in outcry from some Republican lawmakers, who argue that the deal will not stop Iran from making a nuclear weapon.

"I want to go through this process and make sure we fully understand what we're voting on," Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said in a statement. "In the end, those who believe this truly is going to keep Iran from getting a nuclear weapon will vote for it. Those who believe that is not the case, and the world is not going to be safer — in some ways it may pave the way for them to get a nuclear weapon — will vote against it."

Congress has 60 days to review the deal presented this week.