Iran condemns new U.S. sanctions on Iranian nationals, firms
TEHRAN, Sept. 15– Iran condemned Thursday Washington’s decision to sanction a number of Iranian nationals and companies on the “baseless accusation” of cyberattacks. In a statement, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani said that the U.S. insistence “on resorting to petty, illegal and abnormal moves against independent governments and nations…
TEHRAN, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) — Iran condemned Thursday Washington’s decision to sanction a number of Iranian nationals and companies on the “baseless accusation” of cyberattacks.
In a statement, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani said that the U.S. insistence “on resorting to petty, illegal and abnormal moves against independent governments and nations show the inability of the US statesmen to correctly understand global equations and to adapt themselves accordingly.”
“False propaganda campaigns and spreading misinformation against the Islamic Republic of Iran is part of the failed Iranophobic policy of the US government, which will get nowhere,” Kanaani added.
Kanaani stressed that the United States, which had turned a blind eye to numerous cyberattacks against Iran, “is in no position to level such accusations against others.”
In a statement on Wednesday, the U.S. Treasury accused the “group of Iran-based malicious cyber actors” of compromising networks based in the U.S. and other nations since at least 2020.
The new sanctions come shortly after sanctions announced last week targeting Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security over so-called “malign cyber activities” as the two countries struggle to find a way back into the 2015 nuclear deal. Enditem