TEHRAN – Iranian intelligence agents have arrested an individual who had been working secretly for the Persian language service of the BBC, the Fars News Agency reported on Sunday. 

According to the report, the man arrested, named as Hassan Fathi, had been cooperating as a reporter with the Persian language service of the BBC for a long time and has been arrested on charges of spreading lies about the Islamic Republic and making attempts to manipulate Iranian public opinion.   

A few days ago, Fathi contacted the BBC Persian Television and expressed views in support of the allegations that Israel has repeatedly made against Iran. 

The Persian language service of the BBC has no office in Tehran, and judicial authorities have prohibited cooperating with the BBC. 

On September 9, it was reported that Iranian intelligence agents had arrested some members of a network who worked secretly for the BBC. 

The people received huge amount of money from the BBC secretly for reporting anti-revolutionary news.  

The network provided the British Broadcasting Corporation with video and negative news reports about the Islamic Republic.