Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Fereydoun Abbasi admitted to the London-based al-Hayat newspaper on Thursday, September 20 to providing false information to International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors in order to protect his country’s nuclear program, Haaretz reported. Accusing MI6, the British intelligence service, of spying on Iran’s nuclear program, Abbasi said, “We presented false information sometimes in order to protect our nuclear position and our achievements, as there is no other choice but to mislead foreign intelligence.” The IAEA, Abbasi was further quoted as saying, deals with Iran as if it is guilty and must “establish its innocence. And this is rejected.” Earlier this week, Abbasi accused the IAEA of attempting to sabotage its nuclear program, claiming that “terrorists and saboteurs” might have infiltrated the agency in an effort to derail it.