Tasnim� Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri said the country has mastered the necessary skills for warfare in the cyberspace.





�Cyber battles can cause extensive damages, and thus, have a paramount place in the contemporary world, and we have the necessary expertise in this field,� the top commander said at a cultural ceremony in Tehran on Thursday.

Stressing the need for readiness for any confrontation in future, Major General Baqeri hailed �full security and calm� in Iran among the countries that are gripped by wars and insecurity.

The commander further highlighted Iran�s precious experience of fighting an Iraqi imposed war in the 1980s and the country�s self-reliance, adding, �Under such circumstances, no aggressor will dare to invade the country.�

Iran has in recent years made great headways in defense against cyber-attacks.

In June, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei cautioned against the enemy�s push to undermine Iranian culture through the cyber space, referring to new cyberspace tools as instruments for �engineering of data� and �West�s dominance on the nations� culture�.

�Of course these tools could prove helpful. But they must be devoid of the enemy�s dominance and we must act so as the cyberspace would not serve as an environment for the infiltration and cultural dominance of the enemy,� the Leader underlined.