This is not the first time, though we could only hope it would be the last, that the Iranians have falsely accused people of being spies.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

When Ms Schavan became the second minister in Chancellor Angela Merkel's government to be accused of copying her doctorate, in this case by an anonymous blogger, she insisted she had never "knowingly falsely cited any sources" and promised to respond to the accusations.

BBC: German minister Annette Schavan stripped of doctorate