Iran on Tuesday dismissed French accusations that its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was behind a cyberattack on hundreds of supermarkets last month, as Paris summoned Tehran's ambassador to discuss the incident.
"Iran's Foreign Ministry categorically rejects the French government's baseless and one-sided accusations against Iran regarding alleged cyber activities in France," the ministry said, adding that it "strongly condemns this hackneyed policy of leveling accusations against the Islamic Republic."
The alleged attack, which began overnight on October 11-12, raised the temperatures in supermarket refrigerators and freezer units, spoiling produce and even causing fires in isolated instances.
A series of similar incidents have since followed in Europe and beyond, even including a failed attack on cooling units at French blood banks this month, though it is not yet clear if these subsequent events are connected.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Tuesday that his government would "rule nothing out and will take all measures — including those we may not disclose publicly — that we deem proportionate and necessary to deter any further attacks."
Barrot was speaking amid a G7 foreign ministers' meeting in Paris that included discussions with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the conflict with Iran.
Barrot even said that despite a change in tone from the Trump administration since the midterm election defeat in…
