President Obama has rejected Israel’s demand that a final nuclear agreement include Iran’s recognition of Israel’s self-declared “right to exist” as a Jewish state. Speaking to NPR, Obama said the Iran deal is not a sweeping political accord.

President Obama: “The notion that we would condition Iran not getting nuclear weapons in a verifiable deal on Iran recognizing Israel is really akin to saying that we won’t sign a deal unless the nature of the Iranian regime completely transforms. And that is, I think, a fundamental misjudgment.”