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The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has cautioned France against falling into an Israeli “false-flag trap” aimed at dragging Europe into war against Iran. IRGC spokesman Brigadier General Hossein Mohebbi made the remarks in an X post on Saturday after France pinned the blame on Iran for last month’s supermarket refrigerator cyberattack that spoiled produce at around 700 retailers. “Paris should beware of a false-flag trap set by the Zionist regime.

Unlike the United States and the Zionist regime, civilians are not on the IRGC’s target list,” he said. “The ridiculous claim that Iran attacked cooling systems is the Zionists’ worn-out scenario to fuel Iranophobia and rally support across Europe,” he added. 🔴 IRGC Spokesman Brigadier General Mohebbi: — Press TV 🔻 (@PressTV) November 14, 2026 🔺 The absurd allegations of attacks on cooling systems are a worn-out Zionist tactic aimed at fueling Iranophobia and rallying European support. 🔺Unlike US and Israel, civilians are not among the IRGC’s targets. pic.twitter.com/btv4JVdd0c The cyberattack in France occurred in October, when hackers remotely connected to supermarket freezers and chiller cabinets, then raised their temperature by switching on defrost cycles.

The hacks led to the loss of large quantities of perishable food and even caused some of the refrigeration equipment to catch fire. At a press briefing during the G7 summit in Paris on Monday, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot claimed that the IRGC was behind the cyberattack, noting that his country has summoned Iran’s ambassador and intends to impose retaliatory sanctions “at a European level”. Iran’s Foreign Ministry strongly dismissed the “baseless and one-sided” accusations by the French government, saying they are meant to divert public attention from the European state’s destructive policies in West Asia.

“A government that cannot even manage the temperature of its own refrigerators now seeks to shift the blame onto foreign actors through these preposterous accusations,” it emphasized. Such claims, it continued, are a mere projection of France’s inability to manage its own administrative systems. The French cyberattack was followed by similar hacks against supermarkets across several other European countries, though it remains unclear if the incidents are linked.