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Rama said in the capital, Tirana, that their decision, after a thorough investigation, came into effect immediately.
Albania The government has given Iranian diplomats and embassy personnel 24 hours to leave the country.
Prime Minister Rama said, “The overreaction we have shown is proportional given the scale of the cyber attack we have been subjected to.”
Rama listed the events that could be caused by the cyber attack as paralysis of public services, deletion of digital systems and secret access to official records, theft of electronic data belonging to the state, creating chaos in the country.
Iranian– Albanian relations have been strained for some time as the Tirana administration harbors thousands of members of the opposition People’s Mujahideen Organization, which aims to overthrow the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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In 2013, Albania agreed to take in about 3,000 members of the organization, at the request of the United States and the United Nations.
The People’s Mujahideen Organization supported Ayatollah Khomeini during the Iranian Islamic Revolution in 1979, but carried out actions aimed at overthrowing the regime after the post-revolution conflict.
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