TEHRAN (Tasnim) � Head of Iran�s Civil Defense Organization Brigadier General Gholam Reza Jalali unveiled plans for developing a nationwide alarm system that would alert the country�s organizations to possible cyber-attacks.

Speaking at a TV talk show on Sunday, General Jalali emphasized the necessity for a countrywide, integrated system capable of alarming organizations online in case of possible cyber-attacks.

He expressed the hope that such a system would be developed in a short period of time.

His comment came after a spate of cyber-attacks against Iranian websites over the past two weeks.

In early June, a group of hackers, apparently employed by Saudi Arabia, hacked into a number of websites affiliated with Iran�s Foreign Ministry, publishing images of Saudi kings on the websites.

A background check revealed that the cyber intruders were not governmental elements, but had been seemingly paid for by the Riyadh regime to hack into the Iranian websites.

Earlier, there was a cyber strike against the Statistics Centre of Iran on May 24. Iran�s Cyber Police said the attack had been traced back to IP addresses in three Arab countries, including Saudi Arabia.

It also announced that Tehran has submitted a report regarding the IPs and exact locations of the hackers to Saudi Arabia via the Interpol to take action and arrest the criminals.

By Tasnim News Agency