Iran’s president says cyberattack meant to create ‘disorder’

By JON GAMBRELL and NASSER KARIMI
Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s president is saying that a cyberattack that shut down gas stations across the nation aimed to get “people angry by creating disorder and disruption.” Ebrahim Raisi’s comments, the first since Tuesday’s attack, did not blame anyone specifically for the incident. However, he suggested anti-Iranian forces were behind the cyberattack. He said: “There should be serious readiness in the field of cyberwar and related bodies should not allow the enemy to follow their ominous aims to make problem in trend of people’s life.”