"Without press credentials and under the name of being a reporter, she was carrying out espionageactivities, " Hassan Haddad, a deputy public prosecutor, recently told the Iranian Student's News Agency.
Published reports indicate that nuclear attacks against the United States are still being exercised (see the Washington Times, 14 September 1993) and Russian espionageactivities in Germany are being conducted as aggressively as ever (see the New York Times, 14 September 1993).
They said the arrest was related to what they described as suspected business espionage, and was not directly linked to any news organisation or the activities of journalists.