Amid a possible campaign within Iran against the interim nuclear deal, the former head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Fereydoun Abbasi,�has denounced the agreement.
Abbasi, who was appointed by President Ahmadinejad in 2011, said Iran had unnecessarily accepted Western conditions to �curb the level of its enrichment upon the request of others�: �A hero is one who will not give concessions and [can] get concession from a powerful rival.�
He declared that suspension of enrichment of 20% uranium would �keep [Iran] from reaching development on schedule and by reliance on indigenous knowledge and technology.�
Abbasi criticized President Rouhani�s �ambiguous and passive� nuclear policies for undermining Iran�s national will, and he called for �spin doctors� in the nuclear talks to be �unmasked�.
Abbasi�s remarks came as 100 of Iran�s 290 MPs tabled a bill commanidng the Government to�produce 60% enriched uranium.