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. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has defended his country’s right to develop a nuclear program. 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.
