Tehran: Iran struggled on Wednesday to resume the gas distribution system after being hit by cyber attacks are unprecedented said by security officials launched from abroad.
Unclaimed attacks paralyze electronic card system issued by the state government used to buy fuel motorists highly subsidized.
Long queues have formed outside gas stations, making bikers in a country already suffering from the difficult economic sanctions over its nuclear dispute with great force.
“Guys, can you tell me where we can get petrol in the east, northeast or even in the north of Tehran?” One user asked on Twitter.
4,300 petrol stations of Iran are connected with the system, only 220 have been reconnected, Fatemeh Kahi, a spokesman for the National Oil Products Distribution Company, told the official IRNA news agency on Wednesday.
However, he added, “Nearly 3,000 fuel stations can distribute offline, but on the open price” – the level of the consumer has to pay a monthly allowance after they use their subsidized fuel.
Conservative Fars news agency on Tuesday linking damage to the opponent before the second anniversary of the deadly protests triggered by rising gasoline prices.
Fars reported that “media campaign conducted by counter-revolutionary” ahead of the 15 November 2019 “strengthens the possibility of cyber attacks.” On the last two years the announcement of the sudden increase in fuel prices sparked protests in dozens of locations across the country.
It was the most vocal public ketidakseptionan Iran in a decade.