Iran hardliners denounce nuclear deal
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Iranian hardliners are accusing moderate President Hassan Rouhani of "burying" the country's nuclear program as Tehran and world powers are on the verge of implementing a historic nuclear accord.
Under the front-page headline "Nuclear Burial," hardline daily Vatan-e-Emrooz on Saturday criticized the removal of the core of Iran's only heavy water reactor, which was filled in with cement earlier this week as one of the final steps under the agreement.
The Javan daily says filling in the reactor is "hurting national pride."
It says the Iranian people hope that the "bitterness of filling the Arak reactor with cement will be accompanied with the sweetness of filling their table," referring to the lifting of crippling international sanctions.
