In a statement issued on Tuesday, the ministry strongly condemned what it called Paris’s “worn-out policy” of making allegations against Iran, saying the latest accusations followed a series of similar claims intended to divert public attention from France’s destructive policies toward Iran and West Asia.
The statement specifically referred to France’s decades-long hosting of terrorist groups and its support for the genocide of Palestinians, describing the allegations as an irresponsible and disgraceful attempt to damage Iran’s international standing and undermine its relations with other countries.
It added that such accusations served only the interests of the United States and the Zionist regime, which the ministry described as the world's foremost violators of international law.
The Foreign Ministry also said the French government was attempting to shift responsibility for its own governance failures, inability to meet public demands and shortcomings in managing national infrastructure onto foreign actors.
In a pointed response to the allegations, the statement remarked that French authorities appeared unable even to control the temperature of refrigerators, yet were seeking to blame external forces for such problems.
The ministry advised French officials to devote their resources to addressing the economic and educational needs of their own people instead of allocating huge budgets to interference in other countries, including through the misuse of diplomatic privileges and ostensibly cultural projects.
Emphasizing France’s international responsibility for its violations of international law and unlawful interference against Iran, the statement stressed that the Islamic Republic would not hesitate to take necessary and appropriate measures to safeguard its national interests and security against unlawful foreign activities.
The statement came after French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot accused Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) of being behind cyberattacks on supermarket refrigeration systems in France on October 11 and 12.
According to French reports, the incidents allegedly caused temperatures in some refrigeration units to rise above 50 degrees Celsius, forcing supermarkets to dispose perishable food stocks.
Barrot described the incidents as an attack of unprecedented scale, said Iran’s ambassador had been summoned and threatened sanctions against those allegedly responsible.
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