"Iran says BBC tried to steal from ‘archives’" Associated Press September 29, 2014
TEHRAN — Iranian state television accused the BBC on Sunday of trying to steal ‘‘artistic, historic, and cultural documents’’ from government archives in the Islamic Republic.
The BBC had no immediate comment on the claim, coming in a report on the Iranian broadcasting company’s website, though Iran has a history of accusing the British broadcaster as operating as a cover for spies and dissidents.
The state television report said Iranian intelligence officials disrupted the alleged plot by local dependents of the BBC.
‘‘The hostile network of the BBC — against the mores and regulations of media and international law — attempted to steal historical documents from formal archive centers through its local dependents,’’ the report read, citing a statement by Iran’s intelligence department.
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"Iran rejects new use for nuclear facility" Associated Press September 23, 2014
UNITED NATIONS — Diplomats on Monday reported a setback at talks on Iran’s nuclear program, saying Tehran has resumed rejecting US demands it repurpose a uranium enrichment site.
The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Tehran cited what it said was an Israeli drone shot down last month near another Iranian enrichment site in arguing that it wants to leave the underground facility as an enrichment plant. The United States wants the site shut down or converted because it is dug deep into a mountain. Washington fears it is impervious to air attack. Enrichment can make both reactor fuel and the core of a nuclear weapon. Iran denies it wants nuclear arms.
In a separate matter Monday, an Iranian newspaper said 11 people were arrested after allegedly sending text messages deemed insulting to the founder of the Islamic Republic, the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
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