Iranian critics of the interim nuclear deal held a conference May 3 called “We’re Worried.” The conference brought together conservative members of parliament, prominent political figures and the former head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization to discuss why they believe Iran signed a bad deal. Shortly after, however, Iranians began posting their own comments and pictures online with the words “We’re Worried,” voicing their own concerns about the direction of the country.

Hard-line websites in Iran hailed the conference as a success. Raja News praised the conference for bringing together various conservative groups with shared concerns but a “difference of tactics.” In attendance were some of the most vocal critics of the administration and the nuclear deal.

“I do not think smiling is right for someone who has weakened our national interests,” said Fereydoon Abbasi, the former head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, in an indirect attack on Iran’s foreign minister and chief nuclear negotiator, Mohammad Javad Zarif. Abbasi criticized the administration for not cooperating with the “elite” of the country before signing the interim deal. He called former nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili’s negotiations “heroic” for “taking into consideration all of Iran’s national interests.”

Conservative members of parliament including Seyed Mohamad Nabavian, Ruhollah Hosseinian, Hamid Rasaei, Mehdi Koochakzadeh, Ismaeil Kowsari and Alireza Zakani were in attendance. Hard-line cleric Alireza Panahani and officials from former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s administration were present either in person or in pictures on the posters of the conference. Many in the crowd held posters with critical comments against the administration or pictures of Iran's assassinated nuclear scientists.