Iranian diplomats burnt papers inside the premises after diplomatic ties were severed over the cyberattack
Albanian counterterrorism police searched the Iranian embassy after staff were expelled over a counterattack it blames on Tehran.
.Edi Rama, the Albanian prime minister, blamed the cyberattack, which took place in July, on the Islamic republic and gave its diplomats 24 hours to leave the country. Officers armed with automatic rifles entered the building after two cars with diplomatic plates had left, Reuters reported.In a video address to the nation, Mr Rama said the cyberattack has"threatened to paralyse public services, erase digital systems and hack into state records, steal government intranet electronic communication and stir chaos and insecurity in the country".
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