TEHRAN, Dec. 22 (Xinhuanet) -- Iran has arrested more than 10 spies in the country's nuclear field since March, the official IRNA news agency reported Wednesday.

   Iranian Minister of Information Ali Younesi was quoted as saying that among them, three used to work at Iran's Atomic Energy Organization.

   Younesi said the arrested, believed to be agents of Israeli Mossad and US CIA, were seized in Tehran and the southern province of Hormozgan.

   Their identities would not be disclosed until the trials began, the official added.

   The United States and Israel, accusing Iran of developing secret nuclear weapons, have repeatedly threatened to launch preemptive attacks on Iran's nuclear sites.  Enditem