Iran says spies are working on their nukes

CNN:

Several Iranians working directly for the country's nuclear research program were among those arrested recently for funneling information about the program to foreign nations, according to an Iranian media report.

The Tabnak report which was released on Tuesday did not say which countries were connected to the alleged spying ring or how many Iranians were arrested in the past few months.

Tabnak is a semi-official Iranian news agency that is linked to a former commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.

The report said the arrests were made after media reports which claimed the United States and other Western intelligence agencies were trying to spy on Iran's nuclear program.

Iran maintains its nuclear program is for energy purposes only, despite accusations from the U.S. and other Western nations that Tehran is trying to develop nuclear weapons.

Two weeks ago, Iran arrested three alleged spies accused of working for Israel's Mossad intelligence agency, the semi-official Fars News Agency reported.

IRGC Commander Maj. Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari told Fars that those arrested included members of an Israeli spy network who collected and transferred information about Iran's nuclear and military centers.

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The problem with this paranoia in Iran is it makes no sense if they are developing peaceful uses of nuclear energy. It is not like the US or Israel has any interest in copying Iran's primitive development of nuclear energy. It is also improbable that the US and Israel would want to copy their primitive nuclear weapons.

What is probable is the we all want to know if Iran is lying about not developing nuclear weapons and this spy charge suggest Iran has something to hide on that score. Hopefully, the rest of the spies can continue their work. I like that last sentence. I think it can help feed Iran's paranoia and get them to throw some of their own people in jail, thus slowing their weapons development.