Iran strongly rejects and condemns the baseless accusations of an alleged cyberattack on Albania made by the US and Britain against the Islamic Republic, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani said on Thursday.
"America and Britain, which have previously remained silent regarding the numerous cyberattacks on the infrastructure of the Islamic Republic of Iran, on nuclear facilities, even directly or indirectly supported such actions, have no reason to make such accusations against the Islamic Republic of Iran," Kanani was quoted by the Tasnim agency as saying. - "Tehran warns against any political gamble against Iran through these ridiculous accusations and stresses our country's full readiness to resolutely fight any possible conspiracy."
The council of ministers of Albania decided on Wednesday to break off diplomatic relations with Iran. The authorities cited a cyberattack on government computer systems, for which Tirana blamed Tehran, as the reason. According to them, Iran was behind the financing of a cyberterrorist group that executed or co-executed cyberattacks against Israel, Jordan, Cyprus, Kuwait, the UAE and Saudi Arabia, among others.
Later, the Iranian MFA rejected accusations by Albania of cyberattacks against its government computer systems and said it considered Tirana's decision to break off relations with Tehran inadequate.
In this connection, the Tehran Times published an expert opinion on Wednesday that the US, under President Barack Obama, had obtained Albania's consent in exchange for financial aid to send fighters from the terrorist group Mujahedin-e-Khalq (the Iranian Mujahedin Organization) there from Iraq. This group openly declares its goal to overthrow the current government of Iran.
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Based on materials from TASS