As the first light of dawn painted a rosy hue in the sky, an unexpected silence swept through the bustling streets of Iran. A scenario out of a surreal movie was coming to life: nearly 70% of the country’s gas stations were rendered lifeless, going out of service in a unforeseen paralysis that pointed fingers towards a possibility of cyber espionage, or sabotage, as they phrase it.
As the sun spread its golden rays over Tehran, the tension was palpable, palpitations fueled by empty petrol pumps and long, winding queues of frustrated motorists. Their frustration echoed the silence of the dormant filling stations affected by a mysterious 'software problem'. An ethereal calmness pervaded the few stations that managed to escape the crisis, their operational status attracting desperate motorists like bees to honey.
