Six in 10 likely U.S. voters say it’s unlikely the treaty President Obama is negotiating with Iran will slow or stop the country’s development of nuclear weapons, according to a survey released Thursday.
Thirty-one percent said Iran is likely to slow or stop its nuclear weapons development as a result of the deal, with 9 percent saying it’s very likely, according to the Rasmussen poll. A third said it’s not at all likely to do so.
The so-called P5+1 — the U.S., Russia, China, France, Germany, and Great Britain — is seeking to halt Iran’s uranium enrichment program for at least 10 years in exchange for easing some of the economic sanctions that have been placed on the country.
A recently released NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll found that seven in 10 respondents said such an agreement would not make a real difference in preventing Iran from producing nuclear weapons, compared to 24 percent who said it will make a real difference.
The Rasmussen poll of 1,000 likely voters was conducted March 10-11 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
• David Sherfinski can be reached at dsherfinski@washingtontimes.com.
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