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Iran says BBC tried to steal from ‘archives’

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hostile network of the BBC — against the mores and regulations of media and international law — attempted to steal historical documents from formal archive centers through its local dependents,’’ the report read, citing a statement by Iran’s intelligence department.

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