The Prime Minister of Albania, Edi Rama, said on Saturday that the country he leads has been hit by another cyber attack.

Albania severed diplomatic ties with Iran on September 7, saying that investigations have shown that the July cyber attacks were carried out by Iran as a “state aggressor”.

“Another cyber attack by the same aggressors, already exposed and condemned by Albania’s friendly and allied countries, was recorded last night on the TIMS system! In the meantime, we continue to work around the clock with our allies to make our digital systems impenetrable”, said Rama through a post on Twitter.

Iranian authorities have rejected accusations that they are behind the July attacks.

However, the NATO military alliance has confirmed that Iran was behind that attack.

The United States has sanctioned the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and the head of this institution, accusing them of being behind the July cyber attack on Albania.

Iran has strongly condemned the US sanctions.

“The quick American support for the false accusations of the Albanian Government… show that the originator of this scenario is not Albania, but the American Government”, said the spokesman of the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Nasser Kenani, on September 10.

Relations between Tirana and Tehran have deteriorated significantly since the Albanian authorities agreed – at the request of the United States – to accept about 3,000 members of the People’s Mujahideen Organization of Iran (MEK) in 2013.

Iranian officials consider members of this organization to be terrorists.

After the July cyberattack, the American Embassy in Albania raised the alarm about a possible threat, which was said to have targeted a summit organized by Iran’s opposition in exile.

This summit was planned to be held in Durrës on July 23 and 24.

The summit was planned to be organized by the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) and the People’s Mujahideen Organization of Iran (MEK), both groups advocating the overthrow of the Government of Iran.