Mohammad Reza Bahonar, Iran's deputy parliament speaker, told Iran's official IRNA news agency that Iran "doesn't accept" yesterday's draft deal with the IAEA.
Discouraging -- but Bahonar doesn't speak for the government, so we shouldn't read too much into a single statement from a single official.
Ahmadinejad is scheduled to give a national address in about two hours or so (shortly after 9:00 p.m. local time). He's trying to sell his new cabinet to the nation, but more importantly, to the parliament, which has grave concerns about some of his nominees.
Ali Larijani, the parliament speaker, said today that "those nominated by the president for government posts must have sufficient expertise and experience, otherwise a great deal of the country's energy would be wasted," according to state media. That doesn't suggest a great deal of confidence.
And Mohammad Reza Bahonar, the vice speaker, said as many as 5 members of Ahmadinejad's cabinet could be voted down by parliament.
One potential problem for Ahmadinejad: His choice for oil minister, Massoud Mirkazemi. Mirkazemi is the current commerce minister but doesn't have much oil industry experience.
We'll bring you details on the speech later this afternoon.
