The Iranian government denied any involvement in a cyberattack against the Albanian government, which led to Prime Minister Edi Rama giving diplomats at the embassy in Tirana 24 hours to leave the country.
Rama announced that all diplomatic ties would be severed with Iran due to their involvement in the 15 July cyber-attack, which brought all government websites and the e-Albania portal down. But the spokesperson of the Iranian Foreign Minister, Nasser Ka’nani, rejected the claims and called them baseless.
“As one of the countries that have been subject to cyber attacks on its critical infrastructure, the Islamic Republic of Iran opposes and condemns any use of cyberspace as a means to attack the infrastructure of other countries,” the Iranian spokesman said.
He added that Albania had been influenced by third parties who support terrorism, referring to the US and Israel.
