World | Iran Iran Atomic Energy Boss: We Lie to Trick Spies He says Tehran gives out fake information about strengths and weaknesses By Matt Cantor Posted Sep 21, 2012 8:35 AM CDT Copied Fereydoon Abbasi, Iran's Vice President and Head of Atomic Energy Organization, addresses the media during a news conference at the International Center in Vienna, Austria, Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak) Iran's head of atomic energy says the country has deliberately provided "false information" in an effort to trick spies. Fereydoon Abbasi told the Al Hayat website that "in order to protect our nuclear position and our achievements ... there is no other choice but to mislead foreign intelligence," the New York Times reports. (He singled out Britain's MI6 agency as snooping.) "Sometimes we present a weakness that we do not in fact really have, and sometimes we appear to have power without having it." Not surprisingly, he didn't provide specific examples. Read These Next Poster freed after a month in jail over Trump meme. Trump offers a solution to end the government shutdown. Hopes emerge of a shutdown deal next week. Kid Rock has added the R-word to the list of slurs he still uses. Report an error