Iran condemns US decision to impose sanctions on its intelligence ministry

Iran has strongly condemned a US decision to impose sanctions on its intelligence ministry.

It was blamed for a major cyber attack on NATO ally Albania.

Albania severed diplomatic ties with Iran after accusing it of the July 15 attack.

On Friday, the United States slapped sanctions on Iran’s intelligence ministry and its minister.

Iran has accused the US of “giving full support to a terrorist sect”, referring to the opposition People’s Mujahedeen of Iran.

The MEK backed Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in the 1979 revolution but fell out with the new Islamic authorities and embarked on a campaign to overthrow the regime.

Albania agreed in 2013 to take in members of the MEK from Iraq at the request of Washington and the United Nations.