Iran paranoia leads to allegation that lizards have been taught to spy on them

Jerusalem Post:

Is it possible that Western espionage agencies used lizards to try to unearth Iranian nuclear secrets?

Former chief-of-staff of the Iranian army Hassan Firuzabadi seems to believe so, AFP reports.

While answering various questions about the recent wave of arrests of environmental activists in Iran, Firuzabadi said that the West has a history of using tourists, nature lovers and pro-environment activists as spies.

The former army chief told the reformist ILNA news agency that, in the past, some people posing as pro-Palestinian activists chose odd traveling routes while they were working in Iran.

The Iranian security forces found "a variety of reptile desert species like lizards, chameleons..." in their luggage, he explained.

Firuzabadi suggested that the skin of the reptiles "attracts atomic waves," providing information about where in Iran uranium mines are located and what sort of work is done in them - provided the routes the lizard-owners had taken happens to be close to such sites.

Iranian-Canadian professor Kavous Seyed Emami died in Iranian prison on February 10 after he was arrested on January 24 alongside other members of the NGO he created called the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation.

Iranian officials claim he committed suicide, wrote his son on social media, who then added that he does not believe the claim.
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This is another reason why it is so dangerous to allow Iran to have nuclear weapons.  If they are fearful of lizards they may also launch nuclear weapons because of other irrational fears.