The Iranian People’s Mujahideen (MEK), a resistance movement in exile, claimed on Thursday a cyber attack on the websites of Tehran City Hall and thousands of surveillance cameras in the Iranian capital. The city government had previously reported “a deliberate malfunction” that made the internal system, website and app inaccessible, according to state news agency IRNA.
Iran’s People’s Mujahideen, listed as a terrorist in the Islamic Republic of Iran, confirmed in a statement that its agents in Iran carried out this “major operation” that was “planned for months.” During the attack, photos of the MEK leader and his wife, Massoud and Maryam Rajavi, as well as slogans against Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, appeared on the websites of Tehran City Hall, the statement said.
Similar slogans were sent via SMS to nearly 600,000 residents of the capital. The MEK also said it took control of more than 5,000 surveillance cameras. “This vast network of cameras is one of the main tools of surveillance and repression by the clerical regime,” the statement said. The camera network is said to have played a role in the arrest of people who took part in protests against the regime, according to the MEK.
In January, the MEK carried out a similar cyber attack against the television networks and radio stations controlled by the Iranian state. In October, a cyber-attack shut down fuel distribution in the country.
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