Iranian state TV reported that an “enemy conspiracy” was behind widespread outages at 70% of the nation’s gas stations.
The Islamic Republic’s statement comes as a hacker group with prior links to Israel claimed responsibility for sabotaging the government-issued electronic cards used to pay for gasoline and diesel.
The group, known as Gonjeshke Darande – Predatory Sparrow, posted on X that the digital attack came “in response to the aggression of the Islamic Republic and its proxies in the region.”
” As in our previous operations, this cyberattack was conducted in a controlled manner while taking measures to limit potential damage to emergency services” the group said on X.
The Oil Ministry’s Shana news agency reported that operations were to be running again as normal within “a few hours” and until then fuel is being distributed offline.
A technical problem caused by an “enemy conspiracy” disrupted fuel supply at more than 70% of gasoline stations across Iran on Monday, Iranian state TV reported.
The affected machines use a system to read government-issued electronic cards to pay for gasoline and diesel.
