The two Romanian Oil Rigs in the Persian Gulf

Whereas the story, as it is mentioned in BBC-English, is very vague and poor in content, the BBC-Persian has a detailed coverage of the issue.
- BBC-English coverage of the issue: Iran 'attacks Romanian oil rig'
- BBC-Persian coverage of the issue: 'حمله نظامی ايران به دکل نفتی در خليج فارس'
I have compared the two articles and I've found the following discrepancies:
- One of the most important shortcoming in the BBC-English's story is that it lacks the Iranian point of view.
- It fails to mention that both rigs were involved in a legal dispute.
- It also fails to mention that both rigs were on a 3-year loan to Iran, under a contract which was unilaterally rescinded by the Romanian company.
- It also fails to mention that, by law, the rigs should have stayed in the Persian Gulf until the dispute was resolved.
- And that the other rig was covertly taken out of Iran 8 days before the incident.
I don't know why BBC-English should have such a poor report on this. And whether this is intentional or not (obviously, they have access to their employees in another department, right?).
A very important issue, not discussed in any of the two, is whether or not there was any attack. And if there was, whether or not there were any damages/casualties?
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