Albania, a NATO member, has cut off diplomatic relations with Iran on Wednesday (07.09) with immediate effect. This was announced by the Prime Minister of Albania, Edi Rama in Tirana. He argued this decision of the Albanian government with "irrefutable evidence", according to which Iran is behind the massive cyber attacks on July 15 against Albanian institutions.
These attacks aimed to paralyze the state institutions of Albania. Even the US concludes that Iran is responsible for the cyber attack on Albania. The White House in a reaction calls Tehran responsible for this cyber attack against a NATO ally.
The analyst, Lorenc Vangjeli in ABC has stated that Albania is currently in a hybrid war with Iran, due to this cyber attack. According to Vangjeli, the cyber attack is a serious alarm and the great danger that threatens Albania must be understood.
"Albania is at war. It is the subject of an aggression declared a new form of war. Hybrid warfare. It must be understood that modern war, one of its features, does not necessarily have tanks and warships or balloons. Often a single computer can be more dangerous than an army. If we have not understood this truth. It is an alarm bell, the loudest that should ring in everyone's ears. It is being said but not being heard.
The expression aggression or war has not been mentioned by chance. Let it be in the words of the prime minister, who officially but undeclared of a country at war. In a way, these expressions are also used by NATO, the EU and the USA," Vangjeli said.
Vangjeli said, among other things, that Albania's minimum move was to convene the Security Council, but this did not happen according to him. He adds that Albania is lucky to be part of NATO, an alliance which protects us from very great dangers. Vangjeli stated that Iran has other allies in Tirana that have been paying them a lot for many years.
"The Prime Minister of Albania facing an aggression. Hybrid warfare. This is. Disinformation, uses social media, the media in general, and interference in services that belong to the population. It seeks to create an abyss to create chaos, turmoil and instability. No need to launch with rockets. And they said can the rockets come to Tirana? No, the new nature of war is like that. Beyond the systems, this is an argument and moment, even for the meeting of the Security Council. It is the formal part. It's the moment that we Albanians, who behave with skepticism and live the same today as yesterday. It is a patriotic act to have a moment of peace in the face of such a great threat.
We are at war in the dirtiest form of war possible. In hybrid warfare. Iran also has other allies in Tirana that pay and have been paying a lot for many years. It also reaches the public in different ways and forms. Line up across the trench against this place. Such is the war. It is the sword that separates the good from the bad.
"For more than 9 years, Iran's opposition is here. Iran has this reason. Albania protects and shelters their opposition. Iran has developed very extensive activities, information and terrorist acts. Albania has made a diplomatic response and has received increased attention. Albania has sheltered them, but it is not a completely sovereign country, we are in a security framework that you will both give and take." said the Gospel.