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The last staff of the Iranian Embassy in Tirana left the building Thursday after they were given 24 hours to leave Albania over a major cyberattack that the Albanian government blames on Iran. The final two embassy cars with about 10 passengers left the compound Thursday near noon after much…

Iranian embassy staff in the Albanian capital have worked through the night after they were given 24 hours to leave the country over a major cyberattack on Albanian government websites that was allegedly carried out by Iran

Iranian diplomats burned documents early Thursday, hours before they were to leave Albania after it cut diplomatic relations with Iran, accusing Tehran of a major cyberattack in July. In a rare video address on Wednesday, Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama said he had ordered Iranian diplomats and staff to close…

Iranian diplomats burned documents in the early morning on Thursday hours before they were to leave the country after Albania cut diplomatic relations with Iran, accusing the Islamic Republic of an cyberattack in July.

Albania cut diplomatic ties with Iran and expelled the country's embassy staff over a major cyberattack nearly two months ago that was allegedly carried out by Tehran on Albanian government websites, the prime minister said Wednesday.

Iran strongly condemned on Wednesday Albania’s decision to cut its diplomatic ties with Tehran, rejecting as "baseless claims" Albania's reasons for the move, a statement by the country's foreign ministry said.

Britain on Wednesday said its National Cyber Security Centre had determined Iranian state-linked actors were "almost certainly" responsible for a cyberattack against the Albanian government in July. "Iran's reckless actions showed a blatant disregard for the Albanian people, severely restricting their ability to access essential public services," British Foreign Secretary…

Prime Minister Edi Rama orders all Iranian embassy staff out of the country

Albania's prime minister says the government has cut diplomatic ties with Iran and expelled the country’s embassy staff

The United States has concluded that Iran was responsible for a July 15 cyber attack and subsequent hacking operations against Albania and will hold Tehran responsible for the actions against its NATO ally, the White House said on Wednesday.

Albania is ending diplomatic relations with Iran and has ordered Iranian diplomats and embassy staff to leave within 24 hours, after an investigation into a cyber attack in July, Prime Minister Edi Rama said on Wednesday.