Iran's Former Nuclear Chief Hits Out at Hardliners

(Financial Times-UK) Gareth Smyth - Hassan Rowhani, who led Tehran's nuclear negotiations with the EU for two years before stepping down as secretary of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) after Ahmadinejad's victory, has called for "more balance...more reason, and less emotion" in Tehran's approach to the nuclear crisis. "Unfortunately, with the new administration, nuclear policy and tactics were changed," Rowhani said. He attacked "those who consider getting close to foreigners to be like getting close to Satan."


2006-04-21 00:00:00

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