(JTA) – Only a third of American respondents to a survey about President Barack Obama’s performance said they approved of his handling of the Iran nuclear deal. In eight issues measured in the new Gallop survey published August 13, Obama scored lowest when it came to the Iran deal. In total, Obama scored an approval rating of 47 percent in the survey, which was conducted this month with a random sample of 1,011 adults from across the U.S. The margin of sampling error is four percentage points. Obama earns his highest marks on race relations, education and climate change, though he does not receive majority approval on any. As recently as February, Americans gave Iran the lowest favorable rating of 22 countries, and a strong majority felt Iran’s development of nuclear weapons posed a “critical” threat to the United States. Consistent with partisans’ views on other issues, 56 percent of Democrats surveyed by Gallup approve of Obama’s handling of the situation in Iran, contrasted with 10 percent of Republicans.