Iranian National Security Minister Ali Younisi said Wednesday authorities arrested 10 spies relaying nuclear information to U.S. and Israeli intelligence. He said the suspected Mossad and CIA agents were rounded up earlier this year and three of them worked for the International Atomic Energy Agency the Iranian News Agency, IRNA, reported. | Yeah, everyone knows the IAEA ia a CIA front. |
"The agents were spying for the Mossad and the Central Intelligence Agency and were arrested in Tehran and Harmazakan," Younisi said. He said the suspects were referred to a revolutionary tribunal and will not be identified until after their trial.
Additional: TEHERAN - Iran has arrested several "nuclear spies" since last year, including some of the country's atomic energy organisation personnel, the head of the country's intelligence service said Wednesday. "More than ten were arrested since last year while trying to smuggle information about Iran's nuclear activities abroad," the news network Khabar quoted Ali Yunessi as saying. Yunessi further continued that three of those arrested in Tehran and in the southern province of Hormuzgan were employed by Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation and the rest worked in the private sector. He did not disclose further details about the arrested persons or from which nuclear sites the sensitive information was obtained. Yunessi also said the intelligence service would not disclose the names of the suspects but noted that there were no renowned persons among them. |