Albania Stops Diplomatic Relations With Iran

The latter has 24 hours to remove its diplomatic mission from Albanian territory.

The news was made known by Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, following the Council of Ministers meeting.

The news was made known by Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, following the Council of Ministers meeting.

The “found the July 15th attack was not an operation of individuals, but a state aggression. The deepening investigation made possible irrefutable evidence, that cyber aggression against our country has been orchestrated and sponsored by the Islamic Republic of Iran”, Rama initially said.

Among them are one of the most notorious groups of international cyber terrorism, authors or coauthors of previous cyber attacks on Israel, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the United Emirates, Kuwait and Cyprus.

The investigation, Rama added, was conducted in co-operation with specialised digital anti-terror agencies, which brought their teams to Tirana.

The head of the Albanian government noted that the objective of the attack was to destroy the digital infrastructure of the Government of the Republic of Albania, paralysing public services, as well as robbing data and electronic communications from government systems.

With the targets of the aggressor, damage can be considered small. Systems were all resuscitated at work, and nothing disappeared without return”, guaranteed the head president.

Rama added that Albanian authorities have informed strategic allies, NATO partner countries and several other friendly countries of the irrefutable results of the investigation proving the source of aggression against Albania.