The immense domestic political obstacles facing President Barack Obama as he tries to reach a nuclear deal with Iran by the Nov. 24 negotiating deadline are well documented.

Rather than publish the text of the Joint Plan of Action (JPOA) negotiated with Iran, the Obama administration instead published a “Fact Sheet” that touted the limits on Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for very little sanctions relief. The fact sheet made the agreement look much more lopsided than it appeared in the text of the JPOA. As a result, the Iranian negotiating team faced a storm of criticism that they had not only given away too much for too little, but that they had sought to conceal their concessions from the public.