| First it was American spy squirrels in Iran, then Egypt suffered from Israeli spy dolphins or sharks (I don’t remember which) in the Red Sea, then Israeli spy herons were shot down in Jordan or Lebanon... Clearly Allah has chosen to permit his believers to be harassed for reasons of his own. |
[Al Ahram] The former chief-of-staff of Iran's armed forces said Tuesday that Western spies had used lizards which could "attract atomic waves" to spy on the country's nuclear programme."Unh! Godzirra! Let's run!"
Hassan Firuzabadi, senior military advisor to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was responding to questions from local media on the recent arrest of environmentalists.
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 Paleostine... We were suspicious of the route they chose," he told the reformist ILNA news agency.
"In their possessions were a variety of reptile desert species like lizards, chameleons... We found out that their skin attracts atomic waves and that they were nuclear spies who wanted to find out where inside the Islamic republic of Iran we have uranium mines and where we are engaged in atomic activities," he said.
His comments came after news that a leading Iranian-Canadian environmentalist, Kavous Seyed Emami, had died in prison after he was incarcerated
Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit!
along with other members of his wildlife NGO last month.
The deputy head of the Environmental Protection Organisation, Kaveh Madani, was also reportedly detained temporarily over the weekend.