Revealed: Iran's nuclear factory

A view from within one of the Iran's nuclear sites:
Sunday Times' Revealed: Iran's nuclear factory

Other than the facility itself, the author talks about the employees and scientists being laid off during the temporary freeze. I didn't expect that at all, because the government jobs in Iran are very very very secure.
Why doesn't the government launch scientific workshops and use the scientists as instructors? Why don't the authorities grant them sabbaticals?