article_snippet.sent: President Barack Obama faces an uphill battle selling the deal to a skeptical Congress, which has threatened to impose new sanctions on Iran.
article_snippet.sent: President Barack Obama told CNN's Christiane Amanpour that it was a "ballpark" figure contingent on a lot of work the Iranians will have to do beforehand.
article_snippet.sent: The core nuclear provisions must be satisfied ... the provisions that give us us confidence," Moniz said.
article_snippet.sent: Moniz said it's in the "hands of the Iranians" to fulfill steps such as reducing stockpiles and lowering the number of operating centrifuges.
article_snippet.sent: It will depend on their ability to execute those moves," Moniz Moniz said.
article_snippet.sent: Iran would reduce Iran stockpile of low-enriched uranium by 98% for 15 years and significantly scale back Iran number of installed centrifuges, according to the plan.
article_snippet.sent: It is a good deal, a deal that meets our core objectives," Obama said after it was announced April 2.
article_snippet.sent: CNN's Eliott C. McLaughlin, Christine Theodorou  and Catherine E. Shoichet contributed to this report.