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Posted: 2015-07-28T14:00:14Z | Updated: 2015-07-28T18:00:46Z Celebrities Explain Why The Iran Deal Is So Important | HuffPost

Celebrities Explain Why The Iran Deal Is So Important

"Because playing politics with our national security is actually not all that funny."
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As Congress prepares to review the nuclear agreement recently negotiated with Iran, big money is pouring in to influence the decision: Groups who oppose the deal are expected to spend millions of dollars  to sway public opinion against the deal.

But the anti-nuclear group Global Zero  wants you to think about what might happen if Congress fails to approve the deal. In this humorous video, shared exclusively with HuffPost, a number of big-name celebrities make the case that rejecting the deal would be bad. Very bad. You might even end up dead. (More specifically, in the words of Academy Award winner Morgan Freeman, "super dead." Or, in the words of "Orange Is The New Black" star Natasha Lyonne, "totally-fried-by-a-major-nuclear-bomb dead.")

That's why Freeman and Lyonne, along with Jack Black, Queen Noor of Jordan, Valerie Plame and others are urging viewers to call their members of Congress and ask them to support the deal. Global Zero is also asking people to call their U.S. senators and urge them to support the Iran deal. Get more information here .

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President Barack Obama, standing with Vice President Joe Biden, delivers remarks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 14, 2015, after an Iran deal is reached. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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This image made from video broadcast on Press TV, Iran's English language state-run channel shows President Hassan Rouhani making a statement following announcement of the Iran nuclear deal, Tuesday, July 14, 2015 in Tehran. (Press TV via AP video) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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From left to right, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, German Foreign Minister Frank Walter Steinmeier, European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, Head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization Ali Akbar Salehi, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammon, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz pose for a group picture at the United Nations building in Vienna, Austria, Tuesday, July 14, 2015. (Carlos Barria, Pool Photo via AP) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, second right, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, second left, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, left, US Secretary of State John Kerry, center, and Austria's Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz, right, talk prior to their final plenary meeting at the United Nations building in Vienna, Austria July 14, 2015.(Joe Klamar/Pool Photo via AP) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif , right, speak as he sits next to European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini, during a plenary session at the United Nations building in Vienna, Austria, Tuesday, July 14, 2015. (Carlos Barria, Pool Photo via AP) (credit:AP)
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, European Union High Representative Federica Mogherini, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, from left, pose for a group photo following talks with Iran on their nuclear program in Vienna, Austria, Tuesday, July 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, from left, addresses the media after closed-door talks on the Iranian nuclear program in Vienna, Austria, Tuesday, July 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, from left, address the media after closed-door talks on the Iranian nuclear program in Vienna, Austria, Tuesday, July 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, left, and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi talk prior to their final plenary meeting at the United Nations building in Vienna, Austria, Tuesday, July 14, 2015. (Joe Klamar/Pool Photo via AP) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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