WANA (May 19) – Iranian officials say the country faced a wave of large-scale cyberattacks during the recent conflict and is now moving to remove American-made hardware from critical national infrastructure.

 

Seyed Mohammad Amin Aghamiri, head of Iran’s National Center for Cyberspace, said that during the period referred to as the “Ramadan War,” Iran experienced more than 100 sophisticated cyberattacks per day targeting the country’s infrastructure.

 

According to him, the attacks targeted banking, financial, and energy networks, but most were successfully repelled by Iranian cybersecurity specialists and technical teams.

 

Aghamiri said the conflict has intensified concerns within Iran over technological dependence and infrastructure security. He stated that Washington attempted to damage Iranian infrastructure through cyber infiltration and the use of foreign hardware, adding that Iran should accelerate efforts to remove American equipment from sensitive infrastructure systems.

 

The remarks come as Iran has increasingly sought to reduce its reliance on foreign technology while expanding domestic production in the cybersecurity and hardware sectors. Iranian officials say local knowledge-based companies are now capable of mass-producing some alternative equipment domestically.

 

Aghamiri also warned that in modern warfare, digital data and online platforms can be used for military purposes and personal identification, an issue he said has pushed many countries toward tighter controls over cyberspace and digital networks.