Several famous American actors are supporting the Obama administration’s nuclear agreement with Iran, asking Congress not to sabotage the deal and make a new war.
In a video posted on YouTube on Tuesday, the actors called on Americans to contact lawmakers and encourage them to back the July 14 accord reached between Tehran and the six world powers in Vienna.
Actors Morgan Freeman, Jack Black, Natasha Lyonne and Farshad Farahat took part in the three-minute video produced by Global Zero, which is an organization fighting for a world without nuclear weapons.
Queen Noor of Jordan and retired US ambassador Thomas Pickering are also speaking in the humorous video.
The 78-year-old Freeman said without the current agreement, “we could be forced into a war with Iran — another dangerous, drawn-out and expensive conflict in the Middle East with many lives lost.”
“The alternative [to the deal] is war,” the Academy Award winner added.
Congress is set to vote on the agreement in September after reviewing it.
Queen Noor of Jordan said, “We’re not actually worried about Iran dropping a nuclear weapon on the United States.”
Pickering added, “It is true that if Congress sabotages this deal, it would be nothing stopping Iran from getting the bomb. That would likely spark an arms race throughout the region.”
“War with Iran is a really bad idea,” Farahat said.
“Don’t let some hot-headed member of Congress screw that up,” Lyonne said.
“Playing politics with our national security is actually not all that funny,” Black said.
