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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
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Maziar Motamedi

How is the US involved in the Iran-Albanian political crisis?

Police enter the Iranian embassy in Tirana, Albania, on Thursday after the last staff left the building [Franc Zhurda/AP]

Tehran, Iran – Albania cut diplomatic relations with Iran and expelled its diplomats over a cyberattack it accused Tehran of launching, and the United States has backed the Balkan state.

Iran told Albania and the United Nations it was not involved, but a restoration of ties that were already strained because of Albania’s hosting of a group that Tehran considers to be “terrorist” appears unlikely at least in the foreseeable future.

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