Iran has boosted security for all its nuclear workers after one of its scientists was assassinated last week, First Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi said Tuesday. “Whoever is active in the nuclear field will be put under special care,” Rahimi said in remarks reported by the official IRNA news agency.
The order was given by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Rahimi said. ISNA news agency quoted the vice president as saying the additional measures were on top of ones ordered 10 months ago for Iran’s nuclear scientists.
“This time around, the government ordered that anyone who is active in the nuclear field, from low levels to higher ups, be under surveillance and put under special care,” Rahimi said.
Iran’s police chief, Ismail Ahmadi Moghaddam, told reporters Tuesday his forces and the elite Revolutionary Guards would provide the security for nuclear personnel.
“The job has been divided between us and the Guards. Security details will be introduced for all of them, based on their importance,” Mehr news agency quoted him as saying.
