This is a priceless example of the blinkered approach of the West to Iran. The West's darling, the man they hoped would topple the Iranian theocracy, and Pres Ahmadinejad's main opponent in the last Iranian elections, Mr Mir Hossein Mousavi, has come out more to the right than Ahmadinejad on the Iranian nuclear programme.

According to the WaPo: "Domestic opponents, including the parliament speaker, lawmakers and the leader of the political opposition, have spoken out against the proposed deal, arguing that the other partners in the arrangement might not return Iran's uranium after it has been sent abroad.

The strongest criticism has come from Mir Hossein Mousavi, the leading opposition presidential candidate in Iran's June 12 election. Even though the two-term government of his political partner, former president Mohammad Khatami, tried several times to reach a compromise with the West over Iran's nuclear program, Mousavi charged that the current proposal would lead to disaster.

"The discussions in Geneva were really surprising, and if the promises given [to the West] are realized, then the hard work of thousands of scientists would be ruined," the Kaleme Web site quoted Mousavi as saying in reference to the nuclear fuel plan. "