The head of Iranian intelligence denied information about the arrest of journalists "the BBC."

KommentariiParanoyya23.12.2008Iranskie authorities uncovered a plot "BBC", which does not byloGlava Iranian Intelligence Gholam Hossein Mohseni Edzhehi (Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejehi) denied about the arrest of journalists "BBC" in Iran, said agency IRNA.
"Information about the arrest of British citizens by Iranian secret services did not correspond to reality," - he said to journalists on the meeting of the cabinet.
Reports of the arrest of several Britons, who worked in Iran, correspondents Broadcasting Corporation "BBC", appeared on 22 December.
Member of Iran's parliamentary committee on foreign policy and security, Mohammed Karim Abedi said that the espionage network has been organized with the assistance of the British Embassy in Tehran. On the number of those arrested were reported.
Meanwhile, representatives of the "BBC" rejected the accusations of spying against Iran.