'Zionist regime's false flag': Iran warns France over supermarket cyberattack

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has warned France against falling into an Israeli “false flag” trap after Paris accused an Iranian cyber unit of attacking refrigeration systems at hundreds of supermarkets.

IRGC spokesman Hossein Mohebbi dismissed the French allegations as “ridiculous”, accusing Israel of seeking to turn European countries against Tehran and secure their support.

“Paris should beware of the Zionist regime's false flag trap,” Mohebbi wrote on X on Saturday.

He also said that, unlike the United States and Israel, the IRGC did not target civilians.

France accused Shahid Kaveh, an offensive cyber unit within the IRGC’s Electronic Warfare and Cyber Defence Organisation, of carrying out the cyber attacks.