The Western spies had used lizards which could “attract atomic waves” to spy on the country’s nuclear programme, claims former chief-of-staff of Iran’s armed forces Hassan Firuzabadi. He is a senior military advisor to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and was responding to questions from local media on the recent arrest of environmentalists.

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He said he did not know the details of the cases, but that the West had often used tourists, scientists, and environmentalists to spy on Iran.”Several years ago, some individuals came to Iran to collect aid for Palestine… We were suspicious of the route they chose,” he told the reformist ILNA news agency.