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Al Jazeera Staff

US imposes new sanctions on Iran over Albanian cyberattack

Iran has called accusations that it was behind a cyberattack on Albanian government websites 'baseless' [File: Vahid Salemi/AP Photo]

Washington, DC – The Biden administration has imposed new sanctions on Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security over what it called “malign cyber activities” as the two countries struggle to find a way back into the 2015 nuclear deal.

The United States Treasury Department said on Friday that the sanctions were in response to a July cyberattack that disrupted government websites in Albania, which Washington and Tirana blamed on Tehran.

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