Iran says French claims are baseless and malicious

IRAN: Iran has rejected French accusations that it was behind last month’s cyber attacks on refrigeration systems, describing the claims as “baseless and malicious”.

Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs says the French allegations are an attempt to deflect attention from its own governance failures, its inability to meet the people’s demands, and its failure to address shortcomings in the country’s management systems. 

“These are shortcomings so severe that the French authorities are even unable to control the temperature of refrigerators, yet seek to shift the blame onto foreign actors by making despicable accusations,” it says.

Iran also emphasised that it would not hesitate to take the necessary and appropriate measures to safeguard its national interests and security against unlawful foreign activities.

Meanwhile, the French government summoned the Iranian ambassador in Paris to lodge a strong official protest and has opened a judicial investigation into the incident targeting Shahid Kaveh, a group it says is linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard and requested international arrest warrants for key officials.