‘Iran fully monitors cyberspace’
Remarks come as US develops secret cyber project:
IRAN: Iran’s Intelligence Minister Heidar Moslehi says Iran
fully monitors cyberspace in order to counter soft war attacks against
the Islamic Republic. Iran is well prepared, from a technical
standpoint, to counter the enemy’s soft warfare against the Islamic
Republic in the cyberspace, Moslehi told reporters, IRIB reported
Thursday.
He went on to say US President Barack Obama has admitted that the
cyber war against Iran has not been successful. Obama made the remark in
a US Congress session questioning him on Washington’s cyber performance,
as well as on a number of other occasions.
Obama personally introduced the cyber war plan against Iran, but the
Islamic Republic monitors the US measures in this regard and has
developed countermeasures, the Iranian minister said.
Moslehi noted that the global arrogance has also plotted anti-Iran
schemes in the field of social networks, has sent individuals to the
Islamic Republic in this regard, and even intends to use Iran’s
neighboring countries in forming social networks.
Such activities are, however, closely monitored by Iran’s
intelligence forces, Moslehi pointed out.
The remarks come as the United States is actively developing a secret
cyber project, a device labeled “Internet in a suitcase.”
“Internet in a suitcase” could be smuggled across a border and
contains all the necessary hardware and networking devices to promptly
establish a wireless network over a large area that can connect to the
global Internet.
American media reports claimed the US State Department has allocated
USD 2 million to the project. Deputy Head of Iran’s Armed Forces Joint
Chiefs of Staff Brigadier General Masoud Jazayeri said in June that Iran
plans to establish its first cyber command for the country’s Armed
Forces in order to counter ‘soft warfare’ against the country.
Jazayeri said that comprehensive studies on the cyber command have
already been carried out and the results will soon be rendered to the
Iranian Armed Forces.
Panetta worked closely with Israeli intelligence when he was in
charge of the CIA.
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